{"product_id":"9781632864154","title":"A God in Every Stone : Shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2015","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA God in Every Stone\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Kamila Shamsie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 1914 a young Englishwoman, Vivian Rose Spencer, joins an archaeological dig in Turkey, fulfilling a long-held dream. Working alongside Germans and Turks, she falls in love with archaeologist Tahsin Bey and joins him in his quest to find an ancient silver circlet. But the outbreak of war in Europe brings her idyllic summer to a sudden end, and her new friends become her nation's enemies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThousands of miles away, twenty-year-old Pathan Qayyum Gul is learning about brotherhood and loyalty in the British Indian army. When he loses an eye in battle and is sent to England to recuperate, his allegiances falter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReturning home at last, Qayyum shares a train carriage with Vivian Rose, whose continued search for the circlet has led her to Peshawar in the heart of the British Raj. Many years later, the two cross paths again, and their loyalties will be tested once more amidst massacres, cover-ups, and the disappearance of a young man they both love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An heir to E.M. Forster's vision . . . Stretching from the ancient Persian Empire to the waning days of the British Empire, the novel has an enormous wingspan that catches a wonderful storyteller's wind . . . beautifully composed, and often terribly moving.” —Alan Cheuse, \u003ci\u003eAll Things Considered, NPR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I can't recommend \u003ci\u003eA God in Every Stone\u003c\/i\u003e by Kamila Shamsie too strongly--this is her best novel yet, which is high praise to give to the author of \u003ci\u003eBurnt Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e . . . Exciting and, in the end, profoundly moving, this will solace you during the grimmest holiday” —Antonia Fraser, \"Summer Reading\", \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A literary delight.” —Jeanette Winterson, \"Summer Reading\", \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It is a rare writer who can transport her readers in just a few pages to another place and time. Shamsie's writing is so evocative that she does just that . . . complex and spell-binding.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Independent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Evokes the past beautifully . . . a moving story of love and betrayal, generosity and brutality, hope and injustice, full of characters that stay with you . . . \u003ci\u003eA God in Every Stone \u003c\/i\u003ewill surely confirm Shamsie's increasing eminence in the British world of letters” —\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A fast-moving, well-researched story that reminds us of the contradictions of Empire in the age of the first worldwide war . . . \u003ci\u003eA God in Every Stone\u003c\/i\u003e is a valuable reminder that the legacy of the Great War stretched far beyond Versailles.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“First-rate--intelligent, vivid and completely absorbing.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Daily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A sensual treasury of descriptive ornamentation.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The voices of those silenced from the pages of history resound in Kamila Shamsie's accomplished, atmospheric sixth novel . . .  Shamsie excavates the deepest corners of the human heart, leaving few stones unturned in this exploration of how human motivation can shape history.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLong-listed Women's Prize for Fiction - Longlist (2015)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781632864154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40595108724942,"sku":"9781632864154","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_4f3ed9d1-9c4c-4763-a734-1f4a3239f7ef.jpg?v=1637824479","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781632864154","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}