{"product_id":"everest-by-ashani-lewis-9780349703336","title":"Everest","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA collection of diamond-sharp stories from an award-winning writer, for fans of Eliza Clark's \u003ci\u003eShe's Always Hungry\u003c\/i\u003e and Carmen Maria Machado's \u003ci\u003eHer Body and Other Parties\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when you reach Everest's peak? Is it everything you dreamed?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a magnetic follow-up to \u003ci\u003eWinter Animals\u003c\/i\u003e, Ashani Lewis' debut collection takes a kaleidoscopic approach to desire—its obsessions, its grotesque demands, and the distance it creates between us—and the strange things we stubbornly, hopefully, desperately expect from our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA dying woman dedicates her life to Antarctic ice; an All-American star longs for a romance that defies convention—to the detriment of his carefully curated reputation; a woman seeking her exes' opinions on a breast augmentation takes us on a whirlwind tour of the complicated, intertwined lives of urbanites; a singer prepares for her film debut, pushing her humanity to its limits at an unusual acting school; a newlywed couple put their marriage to the ultimate test: Everest. In these twenty-one striking stories, Lewis creates a stark world of fleeting infatuations, violent compulsions, unexpected solace, and the sombre ghost of memories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePraise for \u003c\/i\u003eWinter Animals:\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Thoughtful, intelligent and beautifully written . . . Lewis is definitely a new talent to watch' — \u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A dreamlike, piercing examination of privilege, youth and freedom' — \u003ci\u003eCecile Pin, author of\u003c\/i\u003e Wandering Souls\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Lewis is superbly talented' — \u003ci\u003eKatherine Rundell, author of\u003c\/i\u003e Super-Infinite \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e The Golden Mole\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A remarkable novel: atmospheric as hell, beautiful and delightfully intelligent . . . Think The Secret History written by Raven Leilani' — \u003ci\u003eJenny Mustard, author of\u003c\/i\u003e Okay Days\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Beautiful writing' — \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A glittering, dark-edged tale . . . Exhilarating and fabulous, I raced through it' — \u003ci\u003ePriscilla Morris, author of\u003c\/i\u003e Black Butterflies\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Compelling' — \u003ci\u003eThe Irish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A debut full of ideas. I have the sense that this is the first of many new worlds' — \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46711364845804,"sku":"9780349703336","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/36fc41896b25e00ae53e0d0a44718f18.jpg?v=1754267941","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/everest-by-ashani-lewis-9780349703336","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}