{"product_id":"daughters-of-the-labyrinth-paperback","title":"Daughters of the Labyrinth - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRuth Padel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An immersive novel, steeped in the history and folklore of Crete: transporting, historically informative story-telling' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A moving, superbly written exploration of a family with dark secrets. Crete itself becomes one of the main characters in the story' \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Best Books 2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e----------\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis was my home. This harbour and sea. These golden alleys. But the town I grew up in has disappeared.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBroken by the death of her husband, Ri, a successful international artist living in London, returns to her ancestral home of Crete. The Greek island is known for its ancient myth and mass tourism, but when Ri returns she finds a secret, darker history. As the home she left deals with a looming Brexit, and the home she rediscovered grapples with a refugee crisis, Ri confronts her changing identity. Unearthing stories from her family's past leaves a permanent mark on her understanding of herself, her relationship to her country, and her art. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLyrical, unsettling and evocative, \u003ci\u003eDaughters of the Labyrinth\u003c\/i\u003e explores the power of buried memory and the grip of the past on the present, and questions how well we can ever know our own family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e----------\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eDaughters of the Labyrinth\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel about a daughter's passionate quest for the truth about what happened to her parents in Crete during the German occupation. It is also a sumptuous and sensuous evocation of Crete itself, its landscape and culture. Ruth Padel's brings a poet's eye to this world of great physical beauty and gnarled legacy' Colm Tóibín\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuth is an award-winning British poet, author of twelve acclaimed poetry collections and a wildlife novel set in India. Her non-fiction includes books on ancient Greek religion and poetry, and the influence of Greek myth on rock music. She is Professor of Poetry at King's College London and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and hr poems have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books, London Review of Books, The New Yorker, The White Review, Times Literary Supplement \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Guardian. \u003c\/i\u003eAwards\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003einclude First Prize in the National Poetry Competition. Her lifelong links to Crete began as a student, when she worked on a dig for the British School of Archaeology at Knossos. She has sung in Heraklion City Choir, her first collection \u003ci\u003eSummer Snow\u003c\/i\u003e was called after a chasm in Cretan mountains and one of her tracks on \u003ci\u003eDesert Island Discs\u003c\/i\u003e was a Cretan folksong. www.ruthpadel.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.1 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 02, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766411821344,"sku":"9781472156389","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a8bf0e0344497c11ab348ac51bd9b708.webp?v=1780292195","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/daughters-of-the-labyrinth-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}