{"product_id":"9781805338109","title":"The Age of Calamities by Senaa Ahmad","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An astounding debut, so full of wonder, outrage, invention, fireworks, sheer brilliance' \u003c\/b\u003e Edward Carey, author of \u003ci\u003eLittle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Subversive, hilarious and shockingly original' \u003c\/b\u003eRosanna Pike, author of \u003ci\u003eA Little Trickerie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A true, unique talent' \u003c\/b\u003eKat Dunn, author of \u003ci\u003eHungerstone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStep into the past. Rush headlong at the future. The Age of Calamities is here.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenry VIII wants Anne Boleyn dead, but there's just one small problem: she's alive again by morning, sipping tea at the breakfast table. In the gilded hush of the Winter Palace, the Romanov sisters slip through time and waltz aboard a spaceship bound for the stars. A woman on the run strikes a sinister bargain with the ghost of Joan of Arc, but can she reclaim her body before sunrise?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith flickers of horror and dark humour, \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Calamities\u003c\/i\u003e catapults us through sentient houses, looping timelines and haunted histories. Fiercely inventive and wickedly playful, these stories mark the arrival of a bold new voice in fiction-inviting the reader to confront the past, the present and themselves, all at once.\u003c\/p\u003ePRAISE FOR THE AGE OF CALAMITIES:\u003cp\u003e'Surreal, funny and endlessly thought-provoking' \u003ci\u003eDazed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An addictive blend of imagination and wit' Katherine J. Chen, author of \u003ci\u003eJoan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Full of imaginative daring and electrifying humour' Naomi Booth, author of \u003ci\u003eAnimals at Night\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The past comes to unexpected, vivid life in these speculative short stories' \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Wonderful writing that had me in its grasp to the very last sentence' Nydia Hetherington, author of \u003ci\u003eSycorax\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Stunning in its power, purpose and ambition' Maggie Su, author of \u003ci\u003eBlob: A Love Story\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Dazzlingly inventive' Kelly Link, author of \u003ci\u003eWhite Cat, Black Dog\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Wild, incantatory, upending' Claire Oshetsky, author of \u003ci\u003eEvil Genius\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I loved Ahmad's perilously playful journeys to other timescapes' Leon Craig, author of \u003ci\u003eParallel Hells\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56369237950837,"sku":"9781805338109","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781805338109.jpg?v=1773827091","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781805338109","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}