{"product_id":"study-for-obedience-hardcover","title":"Study for Obedience - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah Bernstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2023 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize\u003cbr\u003eIncluded in Granta's Best of Young British Novelists 2023 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor readers of Shirley Jackson, Iain Reid, and Claire-Louise Bennett, a haunting, compressed masterwork from an extraordinary new voice in Canadian fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA young woman moves from the place of her birth to the remote northern country of her forebears to be housekeeper to her brother, whose wife has recently left him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSoon after her arrival, a series of inexplicable events occurs - collective bovine hysteria; the demise of a ewe and her nearly born lamb; a local dog's phantom pregnancy; a potato blight. She notices that the local suspicion about incomers in general seems to be directed with some intensity at her and she senses a mounting threat that lies 'just beyond the garden gate.' And as she feels the hostility growing, pressing at the edges of her brother's property, she fears that, should the rumblings in the town gather themselves into a more defined shape, who knows what might happen, what one might be capable of doing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a sharp, lyrical voice, Sarah Bernstein powerfully explores questions of complicity and power, displacement and inheritance. \u003ci\u003eStudy for Obedience\u003c\/i\u003e is a finely tuned, unsettling novel that confirms Bernstein as one of the most exciting voices of her generation.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSARAH BERNSTEIN is from Montreal, Canada, and lives in Scotland. Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e among other publications. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Coming Bad Days\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2021. In 2023 she was named as one of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e's Best of Young British Novelists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.9 x 7.9 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 22, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Man Booker Prize (2023)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42154252304519,"sku":"9781039009066","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/b1e211e8aefb5c3bb9019d2c3c238271.webp?v=1733227616","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/study-for-obedience-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}