{"product_id":"1000-coils-of-fear-1","title":"1000 Coils of Fear","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I have more privilege than any person in my family. And I'm still screwed.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA young woman attends a play about the Berlin Wall coming down, and is the only Black person in the audience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe is sitting with her boyfriend by a bathing lake, and four neo-Nazis show up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe is having sex with a stranger in New York, and Donald Trump wins the US presidential election. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEngaging in a witty question and answer with herself, she takes stock of our rapidly changing times, sometimes angry, sometimes amused, sometimes afraid, and always passionate. And she tells the story of her family: Her mother, a punk in former East Germany who never had the freedom she dreamed of. Her Angolan father, who returned to his home country before she was born to start a second family. Her grandmother, whose life of obedience to party principles brought her prosperity and security but not happiness. And her twin brother, who took his own life at the age of nineteen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeart-rending, opinionated and wry, Olivia Wenzel's remarkable debut novel is a clear-sighted investigation into origins and belonging, the roles society wants to force us into and why we need to resist them, and the freedoms and fears that being the odd one out brings.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'So \u003cb\u003eexuberant, inventive, brainy, sensitive and hilarious \u003c\/b\u003ethat it's like a pyrotechnic flare illuminating the whole woman, past and present, radiant, unique, a voice and \u003cb\u003ea novel to take with us into the future\u003c\/b\u003e.' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFRANCISCO GOLDMAN, author of \u003ci\u003eMonkey Boy\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eBold and exceptional\u003c\/b\u003e . . . Her \u003cb\u003eimpressive writing, born of a brilliant mind\u003c\/b\u003e, surprises - stylistically, and by its frankness and associations . . . I rode in the passenger seat, beside the \u003cb\u003ebeauty and strangeness\u003c\/b\u003e of \u003ci\u003e1000 Coils of Fear.\u003c\/i\u003e' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLYNNE TILLMAN, author of \u003ci\u003eMen and Apparitions\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMothercare \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An \u003cb\u003eaudacious and disturbing\u003c\/b\u003e novel.'  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMICHELLE DE KRETSER, author of \u003ci\u003eScary Monsters \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An \u003cb\u003eexciting, confident\u003c\/b\u003e debut.' \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eImpressive, relentless, tender\u003c\/b\u003e.' \u003ci\u003eFaz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Murray Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49590825845080,"sku":"9780349702025","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780349702025.jpg?v=1771912870","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/1000-coils-of-fear-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}