{"title":"B. Traven","description":"\u003cp\u003eB. Traven’s works transport readers into gripping narratives set against vivid, often harsh landscapes. With compelling stories like \u003cem\u003eThe Bridge in the Jungle\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Death Ship\u003c\/em\u003e, his fiction explores themes of survival, injustice, and the human spirit amid social and political upheaval.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExpect richly drawn characters and evocative settings that capture the complexities of life along the Mexican border and beyond. Traven’s storytelling blends adventure with thoughtful reflections on society, making his works enduring classics of \u003cstrong\u003egeneral fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-bridge-in-the-jungle-by-b-traven-9780241822227","title":"The Bridge in the Jungle","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA moving portrayal of loss, consolation and belonging in a remote community.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt seemed that even the jungle fell silent for a moment as if it wanted to help save a little child.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the depths of the Mexican jungle, American traveller Gerard Gales is hunting for alligators when he comes across a small village along the banks of the Huayalexco. Invited into the local community, Gales joins a huge party, held just across the river. But tragedy strikes when a young boy suddenly disappears into the pitch-dark night.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs the villagers grapple with their loss, they come together in the face of life's harshest realities, and something unspoken is born. A work of vivid description and radical empathy, Traven's 1929 novel is a moving portrait of consolation and belonging in a remote indigenous community.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233151955180,"sku":"9780241822227","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780241822227-the-bridge-in-the-jungle-1.jpg?v=1787727601"},{"product_id":"the-death-ship-by-b-traven-9780241822210","title":"The Death Ship","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Death Ship\u003c\/em\u003e is a cult masterpiece and a darkly comic tale of survival on the high seas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhoever survived the Yorikke could never be frightened any more during his lifetime by anything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStateless and stranded after he loses his passport, sailor Gerald Gales flees arrest and persecution across Europe, until he finally finds work on the Yorikke, a decrepit 'death ship' bound for destruction. Condemned to stoke the furnaces, Gales must navigate a labyrinth of surreal rules and the brutal realities of life at sea if he is to make it out alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1926 and thought to bear the traces of the mysterious author B. 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