{"product_id":"the-inheritors-introduced-by-ben-okri","title":"William Golding: The Inheritors [2021] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHunt, trek, and feast among Neanderthals in this stunning novel by \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eradical Nobel Laureate and author of \u003ci\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/i\u003e, introduced by Ben Okri.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis was a different voice; not the voice of the people. It was the voice of other.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen spring comes, the people leave their winter cave, foraging for honey, grubs, and the hot richness of a deer's brain. They awaken the fire to heat their naked bodies, lay down their thorn bushes, and share pictures in their minds. But strange things are happening: inexplicable scents and sounds. Imaginable beasts are half-glimpsed in the forest; upright creatures of bone-faces and deerskins. What the people do not know is that their day is already over ...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Extraordinary ... Genius ... Remarkable in the literature of the twentieth century.' \u003c\/b\u003eBen Okri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A stun gun to read ... Truly a masterpiece.' \u003c\/b\u003eMonique Roffey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An earthquake in the petrified forests of the English novel.' \u003c\/b\u003eArthur Koestler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eastonishing, underrated novel.' \u003c\/b\u003eRobert MacFarlane\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Beautiful, powerful ... A visionary dream . Shakespearean.' \u003c\/b\u003eTed Hughes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A master fabulist, and a brilliantly creative interpreter of remote history ... An iconoclast.'\u003c\/b\u003e John Fowles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A tour de force ... Genius.'\u003c\/b\u003e Daily Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Alarming, eye-opening, desolating, mind-invading and unique.'\u003c\/b\u003e New Statesman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I admire Golding pushing beyond his own experiences to explore ancient worlds and altered states of consciousness.' \u003c\/b\u003eRose Tremain\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Golding, William \u0026 Okri, Ben","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47961246531923,"sku":"XV80571362325","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/golding-william-okri-ben-william-golding-the-inheritors-2021-paperback-xv80571362325-55351474454867.jpg?v=1726405874","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/the-inheritors-introduced-by-ben-okri","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}