{"product_id":"9780571400010","title":"Astralabe - Signed First Edition with Sprayed Edge","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Lafarge, Daisy | Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945) \u003cbr\u003ePublished 25\/02\/2027 by FABER \u0026amp; FABER in the United Kingdom \u003cbr\u003eHardback | 336 pages\u003cbr\u003e216 x 135mm | 0g\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSigned First Edition with Sprayed Edge - Hardback - Publishes February 25th\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 12th Century coming-of-age tale - vivid, sensual and darkly erotic - from a major literary talent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEleven year old Astralabe's windswept days stretch by. Afternoons at the Abbey, trying to concentrate on his lessons; hours mesmerised by the lilac sky mirrored in the stingers washed up at his feet; cool evenings spent absorbing the whisperings of the village.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAstralabe is alone. The infamous child of Abelard and Heloise's forbidden love, his parents are as dazzling and distant as the stars. Astralabe's origins separate him from the residents of the abbey just as his learning breeds suspicion among the villagers. The boy devotes every spare moment to earning his father's good opinion. Letters and treatises - his texts of the world - are sealed with hope, sent seemingly into the void.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut those around him have other concerns: lambs born mangled, healthy young women fail. Discontent in the village blooms, and as the tension between the villagers and monks increases, inquisitive Astralabe begins to see what so many around him cannot.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"THE CLEEVE BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57630829773175,"sku":"9780571400010","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/0729\/3737\/files\/9780571400010.jpg?v=1792632335","url":"https:\/\/thecleevebookshop.co.uk\/products\/9780571400010","provider":"The Cleeve Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}