{"product_id":"astonishing-the-gods","title":"Astonishing the Gods","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplore the extraordinary imagination of Booker Prize-winner and visionary author Ben Okri – one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary literature.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘The hero of this novel finds what he did not seek, and goes where he did not intend to go. As I did in writing it. I set out to find one thing, but found another\u003c\/i\u003e.’ BEN OKRI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this disarmingly beautiful modern fable with an ancient origin, a young man finds himself living among invisible beings who have built a utopia based on one principle: that we must repeat every experience until we live it properly and fully for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eBeautiful\u003c\/b\u003e. A new creation myth'' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Amazing. I think this is \u003cb\u003eas close as you can get to reliving the experience of a bedtime story\u003c\/b\u003e'' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57483445600629,"sku":"9781035930920","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781035930920.jpg?v=1786178610","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/astonishing-the-gods","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}