{"product_id":"mary-or-the-birth-of-frankenstein","title":"Mary: or, the Birth of Frankenstein","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e---Praise for \u003ci\u003eMary: or, the birth of Frankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e---\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e 'A bold new framing for questions about where we draw lines: between queerness and heterosexuality, the natural and the unnatural, and the imaginary and the real...' \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'A touching and convincing portrait of Mary Shelley' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'A novel that tiptoes and whispers, woos and caresses like the darkest of fairytales' Joanne Burn, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hemlock Cure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e_____\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BRAND NEW PAPERBACK EDITION OF THE BEGUILING GOTHIC NOVEL \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs darkness falls and storms rage over Lake Geneva, a group of friends gather in a candle-lit-villa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong them are eighteen-year-old Mary and her mercurial lover Percy Shelley. As laudanum stirs their feverish imaginations, their host Lord Byron challenges everyone to write a ghost story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuddenly Mary is transported back to a long, strange summer in the wilds of Scotland, where she fell in love with the enigmatic Isabella Baxter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs she remembers, something fierce and terrifying awakes within her. Now she will unleash it into the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 352 pages | Published September 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pushkin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63956563132765,"sku":"9781782278993","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781782278993-L.jpg?v=1774263399","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/mary-or-the-birth-of-frankenstein","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}