{"product_id":"salt-slow","title":"Salt Slow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn her brilliantly inventive and haunting debut collection of stories, Julia Armfield explores bodies and the bodily, mapping the skin and bones of her characters through their experiences of isolation, obsession, love and revenge. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTeenagers develop ungodly appetites, a city becomes insomniac overnight, and bodies are diligently picked apart to make up better ones. The mundane worlds of schools and sleepy sea-side towns are invaded and transformed, creating a landscape which is constantly shifting to hold on to its inhabitants.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlurring the mythic and the gothic with the everyday, \u003cem\u003eSalt Slow\u003c\/em\u003e considers characters in motion \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e–\u003c\/span\u003e turning away, turning back or simply turning into something new entirely.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Winner of The White Review Short Story Prize 2018, Armfield is a writer of sharp, lyrical prose and tilting dark humour \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e–\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e Salt Slow\u003c\/em\u003e marks the arrival of an ambitious and singular new voice. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Julia Armfield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42229504311553,"sku":"9781529012590","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate_0e0fbb91-2840-484c-8cc1-59382caa5572.png?v=1685026400","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.live\/products\/salt-slow","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}