{"product_id":"a-passage-north-1","title":"Passage North","description":"SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2021\n\n'Mesmerizing, political, intimate, unafraid - this is a superb novel... that pays such close, intelligent attention to the world we all live in' Sunjeev Sahota, author of the Booker shortlisted The Year of the Runaways\n\nIt begins with a message: a telephone call informing Krishan that his grandmother's former caregiver has died. As Krishan makes the long journey by train from the Sri Lankan capital into the war-torn Northern Province for the funeral, so he travels into the soul of a country devastated by civil war.\n\nA Passage North is a poignant memorial to the dead and an exploration of the unattainable distances between who we are and what we seek.\n\n'Its world is the deeply-layered, rich interior of its protagonist's mind but also contemporary Sri Lanka itself, war-scarred, traumatized ... [It] connects Arudpragasam to the great novelists of the past' Colm Tóibín, bestselling author of Brooklyn","brand":"Granta Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39636243185747,"sku":"9781783786961","price":15.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781783786961.jpg?v=1768450510","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/a-passage-north-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}