{"product_id":"george-falls-through-time-a-novel-isbn-9780063481015","title":"George Falls Through Time: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGEORGE FALLS THROUGH TIME\u003c\/i\u003e IS. . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Incredibly entertaining and intelligent.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e—GARRARD CONLEY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Big-hearted and inspired.\" —STEVEN ROWLEY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Funny, surprising, profound.\" —GRANT GINDER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Unputdownable.\" —LUNA MCNAMARA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLess\u003c\/i\u003e meets the year 1300 in this exhilarating and thoughtfully genre-defying literary novel about a man transported through time in a moment of extreme stress, whose modern anxieties are replaced by medieval brutalities\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNewly laid off George’s internet bill is in his ex-boyfriend’s name. He’s got a spider-infested apartment, and two of the six dogs he’s walking in London have just escaped. It’s pure undiluted stress that sends him into a spiral, all the way to the year 1300.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he comes to, George recognizes the same rolling hills of Greenwich Park. But the luxuries and phone service of modernity are nowhere. In their place are locals with a bizarre, slanted speech in awe of his foreign clothes, who swiftly toss him in a dungeon. Despite the barbarity of a medieval world, a servant named Simon helps George acclimate to a simpler, easier existence—until a summons from the King threatens to send his life up in flames.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge Falls Through Time \u003c\/i\u003eis\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eas much an inward journey as an outward one: an immersive exploration of identity and dislocation that pits present-day sensibilities against a raw and alien backdrop, a strangely perfect canvas for the absurd anxieties of our modern lives. It's a profound meditation on the nature of desire perfect for fans of Madeline Miller and \u003ci\u003eThe Ministry of Time.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Breathtaking and brilliant. An incredibly entertaining and intelligent exploration of contemporary loneliness and performance, and the difficult yet transformative act of loving as our ultimate answer. George is a queer hero for our times. It’s hard to put into words how much I love this book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGarrard Conley, New York Times bestselling author of Boy Erased and All the World Beside\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A big-hearted and inspired reimagining of the legend of Saint George and the dragon, \u003cem\u003eGeorge Falls Through Time\u003c\/em\u003e gifts us the timeless reminder that love makes the best sword to slay our outsized problems. On top of that, it's great, page-turning fun.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteven Rowley, New York Times bestselling author of The Guncle and The Celebrants\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“With such a fantastic title, I sat down with \u003cem\u003eGeorge Falls Through Time \u003c\/em\u003eknowing I was in for a treat, but what I got exceeded every expectation. By traveling to the past, Collett writes with piercing honesty about the loneliness of the present, and the duty we have to counter it with authentic human connection. This is a funny, surprising, profound novel by a writer of abundant talent.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrant Ginder, bestselling author of The People We Hate at the Wedding and So Old, So Young\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The best works of historical fiction collapse the distance between past and present, and \u003cem\u003eGeorge Falls Through Time\u003c\/em\u003e excels at this. With breathless wit and cracking poetry, Collett brings us back to England of the 1300s in all its beauty and brutality. An unputdownable read.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLuna McNamara, author of Psyche and Eros \u0026amp; The Witch and the Huntress\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Collett blends entertaining fantasy and romance elements with meditations on the power of love, which George views as the only force strong enough to ‘pull someone through time.’ This queer medieval adventure is great fun.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Marvelously lovely.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Few stories manage to unravel in a way that brings their core vividly to life. And yet, \u003ci\u003eGeorge Falls Through Time\u003c\/i\u003e moves with subtle shifts that lead us deeper into a raw, restless, and wounded interior. . . . Collett’s writing threads all this together beautifully, with no thought or emotion left untouched.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Subtext Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48588003213541,"sku":"NP9780063481015","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780063481015.jpg?v=1773960264","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/george-falls-through-time-a-novel-isbn-9780063481015","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}