{"product_id":"shadow-falls","title":"Shadow Falls","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Beatty gives us what no Western writer has been able to do: an  intimate picture of how Islamic fundamentalism can displace older and  more easygoing forms of belief. He has also written an unforgettably  human story set in a beautiful place.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndrew Beatty lived with his family for two and a half years in a village in East Java. When he arrived, he was entranced by a strange and sensual way of life, an unusual tolerance of diversity. Mysticism, Islamic piety and animism coexisted peacefully; the ancient traditions of the shadow play, of spirit beliefs and were-tigers seemed set to endure. Java appeared a model for our strife-ridden world, a recipe for multiculturalism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut a harsh and puritanical Islamism, fed by modern uncertainties, was driving young women to wear the veil and young men to renounce the old rituals. The mosque loudspeakers grew strident, cultural boundaries sharpened. As a wave of witch-killings shook the countryside, Beatty and his family began to feel like vulnerable outsiders.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet among Java's rice fields and volcanoes, this is the story of how one of the biggest issues of our time plays out in ordinary lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54240339067224,"sku":"9780571235865","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780571235865.jpg?v=1765954841","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/shadow-falls","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}