{"product_id":"here-at-the-end-of-the-world-we-learn-to-dance-by-lloyd-jones-9780143018506","title":"Here at the End of the World We Learn to Dance","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"If you haven't fallen in love by the end of the dance, you haven't danced the tango.\" So says Rosa, a fiery Argentinean restaurateur, to her 19-year-old kitchenhand and bumbling dance partner, Lionel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs a story of the most captivating nature unravels, their unlikely union on the dance floor develops into a bond of love and obsession—fierce and all-encompassing—and so it mirrors the dance. As they dance, Rosa tells Lionel the story of her grandfather, Paul Schmidt, and his lover Louise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA secret love that spanned decades; from their time during the First World War hiding out in a cave on New Zealand's West Coast to Buenos Aires, where they continue their affair, dancing the tango endlessly in her barren room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe language is beautifully crafted, the imagery strikes straight to the heart. And while the old story is being told, we become aware of the uncanny parallel with the present: between Schmidt's granddaughter Rosa and Lionel the dishwasher. This is Jones at his finest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46545939333356,"sku":"9780143018506","price":27.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/24987043482238.jpg?v=1749821939","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/here-at-the-end-of-the-world-we-learn-to-dance-by-lloyd-jones-9780143018506","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}