{"product_id":"the-radiance-simply-put-a-work-of-genius-abraham-verghese-9781398567948","title":"The Radiance: 'Simply put, a work of genius' Abraham Verghese","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright and acclaimed novelist Ayad Akhtar, a visionary novel of spiritual transformation in an age of fracture \u003c\/b\u003e–\u003cb\u003e ‘bordering at times on the ineffable’ (Mary Gaitskill)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA writer escapes the city to live by a pond in a small rural enclave, like a latter-day Thoreau. After a near-fatal hit-and-run, something spiritual inside him awakens. Caught between revelation and madness, an uncanny pull toward a brilliant colleague ensnares him in a scandal that threatens to destroy them both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Radiance \u003c\/i\u003eis a campus novel, a mystery, an erotic entanglement and an inquiry into what the soul contains – rendered without irony and without piety. Moving between rural America and Europe, Islam and Christianity, the intimate and the metaphysical, it asks not only what has broken, but what radiance remains.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781398567948\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: ANZ Only\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 29 Sep 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 23.4(H)x15.3(L)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eAyad Akhtar is a novelist and playwright. His work has been published and performed in over two dozen languages. He is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Edith Wharton Citation of Merit for Fiction, and an award in literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, among other honors. Akhtar is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eAmerican Dervish\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year, and \u003ci\u003eHomeland Elegies\u003c\/i\u003e, named one of 10 Best Books of 2020 by \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also authored the plays \u003ci\u003eMcNeal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJunk\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDisgraced\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Who \u0026amp; The What\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Hand.\u003c\/i\u003e Akhtar was named the New York State Author in 2021.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"Ayad Akhtar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50573973618905,"sku":"9781398567948","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781398567948.jpg?v=1790774909","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/the-radiance-simply-put-a-work-of-genius-abraham-verghese-9781398567948","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}