{"product_id":"island-isbn-9780735234604","title":"Island","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sentimentalists\u003c\/i\u003e comes the story of a revolution on an imaginary island. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Reading \u003ci\u003eIsland\u003c\/i\u003e is a searing, vertiginous experience. Hailing Conrad’s Heart of Darkness to interrogate our current moment in history, Skibsrud has created an uncanny and uncomfortable representation of power deeply corrupted. The text feels both historic and futuristic; it is discomfiting and necessary. Don’t look away.\" - Erin Wunker, \u003ci\u003eNotes From a Feminist Killjoy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn an imaginary island, one whose socio-economic divide runs deep, an insurrection is brewing. Over the course of a day, the lives of two women--one a rebel, one a diplomat--will be forever changed.\u003cbr\u003e     \u003cbr\u003eLota is a restless islander who works at a fish factory but is looking for a larger life. When she meets charismatic leader Kurtz, her life comes into sharp focus. Together, Kurtz's group of misfits plot to overthrow the island's occupying power. They plan to charge the embassy. They plan to capture Ø Com's outer station--the gateway to the entire empire's wireless operations. History does not--Kurtz urges her soldiers--have to repeat itself. As the past and future converge on this one day, a new world order is within reach. They cannot fail. \u003cbr\u003e     \u003cbr\u003eRachel is an anxious diplomat who is counting down the final hours of her service on the island. Her family has fled to the capital after escalating racial tensions have put her daughter's safety in jeopardy. She is eager to follow despite the fissures that are starting to show in her marriage. But when she arrives at the embassy and hears gunshots ringing through the corridors, she knows this is no ordinary day. As the hours lengthen and Rachel is held captive, she begins to wonder if she'll ever see her loved ones again and what her complicity has meant as the sinister operations of her government start to surface.\u003cbr\u003e     \u003cbr\u003ePart fantasy, part parable, \u003ci\u003eIsland\u003c\/i\u003e deftly explores essential questions of history and responsibility. It asks us to consider our legacies of cultural imperialism and the hidden costs of our wireless world. Urgent, illuminating, and thought-provoking, it asks us how we can imagine a future that does not run along the exact same lines as the past.Advance praise for \u003ci\u003eIsland\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Reading \u003ci\u003eIsland\u003c\/i\u003e is a searing, vertiginous experience. Hailing Conrad’s Heart of Darkness to interrogate our current moment in history, Skibsrud has created an uncanny and uncomfortable representation of power deeply corrupted. The text feels both historic and futuristic; it is discomfiting and necessary. Don’t look away.\" —Erin Wunker, author of \u003ci\u003eNotes From a Feminist Killjoy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eFeatured on the CBC's list of \"fiction to watch for this fall\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Johanna Skibsrud:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It is exhilarating to join a novelist working at these bracing heights.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Skibsrud is a master . . . [she] can make your head spin and dares you to think.” —\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Skibsrud is a writer of profound intelligence whose talent deserves applause.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Chronicle-Herald\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Skibsrud crafts a fast-paced story of identity and insurrection . . . Island offers a thrilling vision of global corporate power played out in the lives of two headstrong and independent women who must confront various absences, including the intractable loss of identity.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Quill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eJOHANNA SKIBSRUD is the Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sentimentalists\u003c\/i\u003e as well as the novels \u003ci\u003eQuartet for the End of Time\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIsland\u003c\/i\u003e, and the short story collections \u003ci\u003eTiger, Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThis Will Be Difficult to Explain and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the author of three poetry collections, including \u003ci\u003eThe Description of the World\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2017 Canadian Authors Association Award for Poetry and the Fred Cogswell Award. Originally from Pictou County, Nova Scotia, she currently divides her time between Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, and Tucson, Arizona.","brand":"Penguin Canada","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302541086949,"sku":"NP9780735234604","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780735234604.jpg?v=1767730215","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/island-isbn-9780735234604","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}