{"product_id":"cosmogramma-by-courttia-newland-9781786897091","title":"Cosmogramma","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his sharply crafted, unnerving first collection of speculative fiction shorts, Courttia Newland envisages an alternate future as lived by the African diaspora.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRobots used as human proxies in a war become driven by all-too-human desires; Kill Parties roam the streets of a post-apocalyptic world; a matriarchal race of mer creatures depends on inter-breeding with mortals to survive; mysterious seeds appear in cities across the world, growing into the likeness of people in their vicinity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough transfigured bodies and impossible encounters, Newland brings a sharp, fresh eye to age-old themes of the human capacity for greed, ambition and self-destruction, but ultimately of our strength and resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46703142142188,"sku":"9781786897091","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781786897091.jpg?v=1753946300","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/cosmogramma-by-courttia-newland-9781786897091","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}