{"product_id":"city-of-fiction","title":"City of Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Engrossing.... a terrifically entertaining novel.\"--Irish Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the early 20th century, China is a land undergoing a momentous social and cultural shift, with a thousand-year-old empire crumbling and the nation on the brink of modernity. Against this backdrop, a quiet man from the North embarks on a perilous journey to a Southern city in the grip of a savage snowstorm. He carries with him a newborn baby: he is looking for the child's mother and a city that isn't there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a story of two people: a man who finds unexpected success after having journeyed to the hometown of the woman who abandoned him; and the woman he is searching for, who mysteriously disappeared to embark on her own eventful journey. This is a story about vanished crafts and ancient customs, about violence, love, and friendship. Above all, it's a story about change and about storytelling itself, full of vivid characters and surprising twists-an epic tale, as inexorable as time itself and as gripping as a classic adventure story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 428 pages | Published April 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63997381673309,"sku":"9781787705654","price":18.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781787705654.jpg?v=1774585057","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/city-of-fiction","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}