{"product_id":"cosmogramma-hardcover","title":"Cosmogramma - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCourttia Newland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Newland's second venture into science fictional territories is a rich, diverse collection of short stories.\" --\u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Newland easily engages readers with complex worldbuilding, well-shaded characters, and stories as entertaining as they are meaningful. It's no small feat to so immediately and repeatedly appeal to readers' hearts and minds, and Newland's mastery of short-format storytelling is sure to impress. Speculative fiction fans won't be able to put this down.\" \u003cem\u003e--Publishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e, Starred Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his exquisite first collection of speculative fiction, Courttia Newland envisages an alternate future as lived by the African diaspora.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKill parties roam the streets of a post-apocalyptic world; a matriarchal race of mer creatures depends on interbreeding with mortals to survive; mysterious seeds appear in cities across the world, growing into the likeness of people in their vicinity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough transfigured bodies and impossible encounters, Newland brings a sharp, fresh eye to age-old themes of the human capacity for greed, ambition, and self-destruction, but ultimately of our strength and resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCourttia Newland is the author of seven books including \u003cem\u003eA River Called Time, The Gospel According to Cane, \u003c\/em\u003e and his much-lauded debut, \u003cem\u003eThe Scholar.\u003c\/em\u003e In 2016 he was awarded the Roland Rees Bursary for playwriting. As a screenwriter, he has written two episodes of the Steve McQueen BBC series \u003cem\u003eSmall Axe.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.18 x 9.06 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 02, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699203936319,"sku":"9781617759789","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/695f170731e1918790a416899bb52ca8.webp?v=1765012809","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/cosmogramma-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}