{"product_id":"paradise-burns","title":"Paradise Burns","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a world that is coming to an end, two friends pursue a future worth believing in \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Rita and Líton meet at a party, they quickly form a bond that will indelibly shape their lives. Theirs is not an easy world: most wildlife is extinct and the earth is tormented by drought and floods; the last vestiges of natural life are kept under lock and key in a mysterious greenhouse a day’s travel away. Like the other young men of the Service, Líton is frequently enlisted to put out the seemingly never-ending fires that tear through the valley; Rita lives perched on a hill in the Colony, where other men, including her father, empty an almost barren mine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet their bond grounds them. Together they navigate the love affairs, setbacks, and thwarted idealism of their twenties, finding in each other a vital reprieve for their disillusionment – that is, until Líton, like other gay men, falls sick.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnfolding back and forth across time, and told through the voices, conversations, and letters of a tapestry of characters, \u003ci\u003eParadise Burns\u003c\/i\u003e is a poetic exploration of an uncannily familiar ecological and existential grief, and a lament for an entire generation forced to inherit a world they feel unable to change. But above all, the internationally celebrated Guasch – hailed as ‘the spokesperson for a generation’ (\u003ci\u003eLa Vanguardia\u003c\/i\u003e) – has written a profoundly moving and astoundingly imaginative paean to the power of friendship: what it protects in a fallen world, and how, through love, it allows us to imagine a better one.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peninsula Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":57533068869976,"sku":"9781913512910","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781913512910.jpg?v=1781782278","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/paradise-burns","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}