{"product_id":"slantwise-histories","title":"Slantwise Histories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThese tales tell \u003ci\u003ea different truth\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eslantwise and by starlight.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward-winning and internationally bestselling author Alix E. Harrow delivers a fantastical collection of stories old and new: tales about tricksters and ghosts, ordinary magic and mundane spectacle, all in the tradition of Angela Carter, Anne Sexton and Carmen Maria Machado.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStretching from ancient battlefields to the American freeway’s neon-lit attractions, these stories are filled with tricksters, ghosts and ordinary magic. They honour the people caught in the jaws of history; women, workers, soldiers and mothers – everyone who’s been shoved into the margins of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether exploring the airless, unchanging dark of an underworld, tracking werewolves through snow-crusted mountain passes or watching a steel mill grind a community into ash, these narratives dive into mysteries that \u003ci\u003emight\u003c\/i\u003e have been. But these tales aren’t tragedies. They are the triumphant stories of the ones who got away: the dissenters and rule-breakers who ran – and tossed a match behind them as they left.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis collection includes Alix’s acclaimed novelette \u003ci\u003eThe Six Deaths of the Saint\u003c\/i\u003e and the Hugo-Award winning story that started her career,\u003ci\u003e A Witch’s Guide to Escape.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* * *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Alix E. Harrow: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘This book has everything you could possibly want’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReese Witherspoon on \u003ci\u003eStarling House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Alix E. Harrow is an exceptional, undeniable talent’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOlivie Blake, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eGirl Dinner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A feat of the ages. An utter masterpiece . . . I loved every single page’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRachel Gillig, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eOne Dark Window\u003c\/i\u003e, on\u003ci\u003e The Everlasting\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘I was utterly trapped in its pages – and, now free, already long to return’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaitlin Starling, Bram Stoker Award-winner and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Jane Lawrence\u003c\/i\u003e, on \u003ci\u003eThe Everlasting\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘No one writes about why we read quite like Alix E. Harrow’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAva Reid, No. 1\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Study in Drowning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57502141841781,"sku":"9781035051816","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781035051816.jpg?v=1786780960","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/slantwise-histories","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}