{"title":"Rebecca Perry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRebecca Perry\u003c\/strong\u003e crafts richly woven narratives that explore human relationships and the complexities of identity. Her novels, such as \u003cem\u003eMay We Feed the King\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eStone Fruit\u003c\/em\u003e, delve into themes of belonging, ambition, and the intricate ties that bind families together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlending elements of \u003cem\u003eGeneral Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e with insightful reflections on \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, Perry’s work invites readers to contemplate the transformative power of connection and the quiet moments that shape our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"stone-fruit-by-rebecca-perry-9781780375687","title":"Stone Fruit","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA collection of three distinct parts, the poems in Rebecca Perry's \u003cem\u003eStone Fruit\u003c\/em\u003e nonetheless speak across their many common preoccupations: memory, grief, the fallibility of the physical form, our connection to and place in the world, natural and otherwise. Opening with a study of a girl in a miniature portrait, expanding into lyrical prose pieces and closing with a reflective long poem—part elegy and part reflective essay on competitive trampolining—the poems are united by a desire to pay absolute attention to both the material and inner world. The worlds within this collection appear to be teeming with life—crabs push through sand, wasps swarm on meat; and forms change—bones are replaced with metal, a human head transfigures into that of a muntjac—but there is nothing frantic in this shifting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe care taken in the poems to properly look, to focus on stillness and acts of interrogation, often gives the feeling that they are being viewed through glass, or placed in a frame. If this book could be said to have a central demand of the reader, it is to consider whether they will allow themselves to attend to the pain and joy of giving due reflection to what is happening in the world around us, in their lives and the lives of others. And what the cost of that is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStone Fruit\u003c\/em\u003e is Rebecca Perry's second collection. Her first collection, \u003cem\u003eBeauty\/Beauty\u003c\/em\u003e, won the Michael Murphy Memorial Prize 2017. It was also shortlisted for the T.S. 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But in the great halls and lush private quarters of a medieval palace, she finds herself so transfixed by the reign of an almost-forgotten King that the edges of her life begin to blur.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe is a reluctant ruler, rushed to the throne after the untimely deaths of his two older brothers. He has no hunger for power, and he resists the crown. But as winter turns to spring, whispers begin to fly around the court. Some say he is weak and will lead the country to ruin. Others call him a cuckhold, unable to satisfy his wife. 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And with the belief that the King is not fit for the throne, comes the idea that another might rule in his stead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMay We Feed the King\u003c\/i\u003e dances between a historical subject who resists the march of progress and a woman who turns to the past to hide from her present, to offer a beguiling meditation on history and storytelling: on what makes a King 'Great', and a life meaningful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAcclaim for \u003ci\u003eMay We Feed the King\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePerry combines effortless exactitude with canny ambiguity to create a novel that is always as stimulating as it is enchanting. \u003ci\u003eMay We Feed the King\u003c\/i\u003e is a rare achievement, I absolutely loved it. - Claire-Louise Bennett\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe historical fiction I have always wanted to read. Surreal and dreamlike... With an eye on the tiny, overlooked details of worlds long gone, this book felt like something hidden come to life - what is real, and what is true, and in the middle of all that, what really matters? - Jessie Burton\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMeditative, compelling and intricate as a puzzle box - I found myself turning it over and over, admiring and wrong-footed and dazzled. - Kiran Millwood Hargrave\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMay We Feed the King\u003c\/i\u003e floored me with the precision of its emotional insights and eccentric view of history-as-narrative... A sort of perfect snow globe, presenting a decadent world in miniature that surprises us with the depth of its reflections on power, yearning and loneliness. - A.K. Blakemore\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn artfully told, dizzyingly detailed descent into the murkiness of the past. Perry's prose is needle-sharp, lush as a feast. A book to devour. - Lucy Steed\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA gemlike take on historical fiction, moving between a curator who creates luscious and historically accurate tableaux in historic buildings, and the life of a reluctant king. It's intricate and uncanny and beautiful. - Sophie Mackintosh\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI loved this book very much, I know I will return to it and anything else Perry writes, there is magic here. - Daisy Johnson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMay We Feed the King\u003c\/i\u003e is exquisite, every detail, object, image, and feeling startlingly precise, illuminated from within. I entered the novel easily, and, once there, the world outside its pages faded blissfully away. It was the only place I wanted to be, the only book I wanted to be reading. - Amina Cain\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn arresting and daringly imaginative meditation on history, duty, masculinity and the stories we are drawn to. In gorgeously measured prose, the novel sets the historical alongside the fabular to conjure a world of intrigue and detail. - Daisy Lafarge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFunny, sharply sad and full of real love. Majestic. - Ben Pester\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA beautifully crafted novel of mise en scènes. Perry blurs the lines between historical narrative and modern narrator, shining a light on the inescapable and murky unknowability that permeates how we tell stories of past and present. - Susannah Dickey\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA small gem. Enchanting and elegant... Brimful of beguiling oddness, it delights in the smallest, most subtle historical details, while delving into the emotional truths nestled in the hearts of the lonely curator and the unambitious, forlorn king. - Mail on Sunday\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlmost a fairytale... 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