{"product_id":"ghost-wall","title":"Ghost Wall","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSouthern Living \u003c\/i\u003eBest New Book of Winter 2019; A Refinery29 Best Book of January 2019; A Most Anticipated Book of 2019 at \u003ci\u003eThe Week, Huffington Post, Nylon, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLit Hub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e; \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Indie Next Pick for January 2019\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eGhost Wall\u003c\/i\u003e has subtlety, wit, and the force of a rock to the head: an instant classic.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Emma Donoghue, author of \u003ci\u003eRoom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A worthy match for 3 a.m. disquiet, a book that evoked existential dread, but contained it, beautifully, like a shipwreck in a bottle.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Margaret Talbot, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA taut, gripping tale of a young woman and an Iron Age reenactment trip that unearths frightening behavior\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe light blinds you; there’s a lot you miss by gathering at the fireside.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the north of England, far from the intrusions of cities but not far from civilization, Silvie and her family are living as if they are ancient Britons, surviving by the tools and knowledge of the Iron Age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor two weeks, the length of her father’s vacation, they join an anthropology course set to reenact life in simpler times. They are surrounded by forests of birch and rowan; they make stew from foraged roots and hunted rabbit. The students are fulfilling their coursework; Silvie’s father is fulfilling his lifelong obsession. He has raised her on stories of early man, taken her to witness rare artifacts, recounted time and again their rituals and beliefs—particularly their sacrifices to the bog. Mixing with the students, Silvie begins to see, hear, and imagine another kind of life, one that might include going to university, traveling beyond England, choosing her own clothes and food, speaking her mind. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe ancient Britons built ghost walls to ward off enemy invaders, rude barricades of stakes topped with ancestral skulls. When the group builds one of their own, they find a spiritual connection to the past. What comes next but human sacrifice? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA story at once mythic and strikingly timely, Sarah Moss’s \u003ci\u003eGhost Wall \u003c\/i\u003eurges us to wonder how far we have come from the “primitive minds” of our ancestors.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sarah Moss","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":51347087917272,"sku":"9781250234957","price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2770\/5320\/files\/cover-9781250234957.jpg?v=1769451942","url":"https:\/\/destiil.com\/products\/ghost-wall","provider":"De Stiil Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}