{"product_id":"continent-stories-isbn-9780062662408","title":"Continent: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eJim Crace’s imaginative first book, seven linked stories, now available in a deluxe paperback edition in Ecco’s The Art of the Story Series\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Makes us see our own world more clearly . . . brilliant, provocative and delightful” --the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJim Crace’s internationally acclaimed first book explores the tribes and communities, conflicts and superstitions, flora and fauna of a wholly spellbinding place: an imaginary seventh continent. In these seven tales Crace travels a strange and wonderful landscape: “Talking Skull” takes the reader to a tiny agricultural village renowned for the sexually-charged, mystical milk of its calves; “Electricity” introduces a remote flatland region where a monumental ceiling fan changes an entire town’s attitude toward modernization. From the acacia scrub of the flatlands to a city bazaar jammed with vegetable stalls, tourists, and beggars, Crace’s invented world is as fabulous as it is eerily familiar.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJim Crace’s imaginative first book—seven linked stories—now available in deluxe paperback as part of Ecco’s The Art of the Story series\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJim Crace’s internationally acclaimed \u003cem\u003eContinent\u003c\/em\u003e explores the tribes and communities, conflicts and superstitions, flora and fauna of a wholly spellbinding place: an imaginary seventh continent. In these seven tales Crace travels through strange and wonderful landscapes: “Talking Skull” takes the reader to a tiny agrarian village renowned for the sexually charged, mystical milk of its calves; “Electricity” introduces a remote region where a monumental ceiling fan changes an entire town’s attitude toward modernization. From acacia scrubland to a city bazaar jammed with vegetable stalls, tourists, and beggars, Crace’s invented world is as fabulous as it is eerily familiar.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888461607141,"sku":"NP9780062662408","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062662408.jpg?v=1730229135","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/continent-stories-isbn-9780062662408","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}