{"product_id":"9781529964394","title":"Beautyland","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Bertino, Marie-Helene \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 27 March 2025 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 336 pages\u003cbr\u003e128 x 197 x 23 | 238g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet Adina: a woman who has never felt at home on Earth*** A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR, JUST LANDED IN THE UK ***'One of the best books I have read this year’ KALIANE BRADLEY, Guardian'I do not know how my life would be if I hadn't read this book' *Reader review*'A stunner. Quirky, poignant, magical, heartbreaking - I loved it' *Reader review*Born at the moment when Voyager 1 is launched into space, Adina is a baby of unusual perception. Tiny and jaundiced, she reaches for warmth and light. As a child, she recognises she is different, not least because of her strange knowledge of a faraway planet. Then a fax machine arrives at home. Her mission is clear: she must report on the oddities of humankind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Adina grows up, she dispatches transmissions on the terrors and delights of human existence. But then she starts to wonder. Is there a chance there are others like her out there?Adina sees our world differently. And her gentle, perceptive – and funny – observations offer a quietly joyful new view of life on Earth, the challenge of knowing ourselves and the miracle of finding our people in this vast universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A remarkable funny-sad novel’ New York Times‘Beautyland is a miracle. I’ll be rereading it forever’ KAVEH AKBAR ‘Beautiful and hilarious and transcendent . . . Bertino is an other-worldly talent’ TOMMY ORANGE ‘A book that I will recommend to people for the rest of my life’ DAKOTA JOHNSON\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55805998858621,"sku":"9781529964394","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9781529964394.jpg?v=1745083426","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.pro\/products\/9781529964394","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}