{"product_id":"a-history-of-books-by-gerald-murnane-9781920882853","title":"A History of Books","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe major work of fiction in this collection, \u003cem\u003eA History of Books\u003c\/em\u003e, explores the relationship between reading and writing in twenty-nine sections, each of which begins with the memory of a book that has left an image in the writer's mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe memory of the books themselves might have faded, but the images remain in their clarity and import - scenes of discord and madness, a stern-faced man, a young woman on a swing, a glass of beer and rays of sunlight, mountain and woodland and horizon. These images together embody the anxieties and aspirations of a writing life, and its indebtedness to what has been written and read.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA History of Books\u003c\/em\u003e is accompanied by three shorter works, \"As It Were a Letter,\" \"The Boy's Name was David,\" and \"Last Letter to a Niece,\" in which a writer searches for an ideal world, an ideal sentence, and an ideal reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46710405595372,"sku":"9781920882853","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/25325443482871.jpg?v=1754140681","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/a-history-of-books-by-gerald-murnane-9781920882853","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}