{"title":"Jennifer Croft","description":"\u003cp\u003eJennifer Croft is a celebrated author known for her gripping narratives that deftly weave elements of crime and thriller genres into compelling storytelling. For readers seeking suspenseful tales with intricately crafted plots, her works are a treasure trove of intrigue and excitement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne standout title in her collection, \u003cem\u003eThe Extinction of Irena Rey\u003c\/em\u003e, offers a mesmerising dive into the world of crime fiction. Croft's talent for creating layered characters and suspenseful situations keeps readers on the edge of their seats, ensuring that each chapter brings new surprises and revelations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a knack for exploring the darker corners of the human experience, Jennifer Croft's books are must-reads for anyone with a taste for thrill and mystery. Dive into her world, where each story promises both a thrilling adventure and a thought-provoking journey.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-extinction-of-irena-rey-by-jennifer-croft-9781761380211","title":"The Extinction of Irena Rey","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the International Booker Prize-winning translator and Women's Prize finalist comes a propulsive, beguiling novel about eight translators and their search for a world-renowned author who goes missing in a primeval Polish forest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEight translators arrive at a house in a forest on the border of Belarus. It belongs to the world-renowned author Irena Rey, and they are there to translate her magnum opus, \u003cem\u003eGray Eminence\u003c\/em\u003e. But within days of their arrival, Irena disappears without a trace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe translators, who hail from eight different countries but share the same reverence for their beloved author, begin to investigate where she may have gone while proceeding with work on her masterpiece. They explore this ancient wooded refuge with its intoxicating slime molds and lichens and study her exotic belongings and layered texts for clues. But doing so reveals secrets—and deceptions—of Irena Rey's that they are utterly unprepared for. Forced to face their differences as they grow increasingly paranoid in this fever dream of isolation and obsession, soon the translators are tangled up in a web of rivalries and desire, threatening not only their work but the fate of their beloved author herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis hilarious, thought-provoking second outing by award-winning translator and author Jennifer Croft is a brilliant examination of art, celebrity, the natural world, and the power of language. It is an unforgettable, unputdownable adventure with a small but global cast of characters shaken by the shocks of love, destruction, and creation in one of Europe's last great wildernesses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Extinction of Irena Rey\u003c\/em\u003e is described as \"a clever literary mystery unfolding within a labyrinth of unreliable narration and translation, exploring with wit and intricacy the ambiguities and contradictions of the translator's art. The author knows whereof she writes—Jennifer Croft is an award-winning translator—and her involuted literary quest should appeal to fans of Nabokov's \u003cem\u003ePale Fire\u003c\/em\u003e or Bolano's \u003cem\u003eThe Savage Detectives\u003c\/em\u003e.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"It's to Croft's credit that she sustains her claustrophobic narrative so deftly, with plenty of plot twists. What ultimately makes this book such a pleasure, though, is the uniqueness of its perspective. Reading a translator translating a translator is a brain-twister like no other, and it can't fail to change the way you think about language.\" - Carrie O'Grady, The Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Extinction of Irena Rey\u003c\/em\u003e playfully dismantles long-standing conceptions of literary translation ... Croft holds everything together with the aplomb of a more seasoned novelist.\" - Alice Whitmore, Sydney Review of Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46533025300716,"sku":"9781761380211","price":36.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/3103263482815.jpg?v=1749360627"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/jennifer-croft.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}