{"product_id":"nightjar-by-emily-ruskovich-9781784745592","title":"Nightjar","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst collection from a prizewinning, new-generation American short story writer - exquisite, atmospheric, rural tales with an uncanny edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExquisite short stories. They disturb, delight and linger long after finishing\u003c\/em\u003e LOUISE KENNEDY\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eTo read Emily Ruskovich is to unwrap a gift\u003c\/em\u003e PAULA HAWKINS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the critically acclaimed, prizewinning author of \u003cem\u003eIdaho\u003c\/em\u003e comes a stunning collection of stories that explore the rural landscape of the far Northwestern US, and how unexpected intuitions forever alter the lives of ordinary people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFive years after moving into the isolated house in rural Oregon where her husband lived as a child, the protagonist of 'Victor's Room' begins to doubt her husband's account of his family's past. In 'Round Lake', a young woman's plans to meet a lover in Tokyo are upended when she learns a startling truth about her mother's death. In 'Owl', a fur trapper reckons with the dreadful origins of his marriage after his wife is brutally injured by four adolescent boys.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHaunting and psychologically provocative, and set against the vivid backdrop of the rural Northwestern US, \u003cem\u003eNightjar\u003c\/em\u003e illuminates the secret, instinctive knowledge that lies just under the surface of our awareness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eIdaho\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWriting that has the cool sharpness of lemonade . . . Unflinching, unfrilly, multi-layered storytelling that is both beautiful and devastating\u003c\/em\u003e Rachel Joyce\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou're in masterly hands here... will remind many of the great Idaho novel, Marilynne Robinson's \u003cem\u003eHousekeeping\u003c\/em\u003e . . . wrenching and beautiful\u003c\/em\u003e New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom the first page it is clear that Ruskovich's poetic, spare writing would be enough to compel on its own, but this extraordinary story of a violent event that decimates a young family in northern Idaho is the true engine here . . . enthrals from the outset\u003c\/em\u003e Lucy Clark, Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47650135605484,"sku":"9781784745592","price":45.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781784745592-nightjar.jpg?v=1779314928","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/nightjar-by-emily-ruskovich-9781784745592","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}