{"product_id":"9781784746377","title":"The Shadow of the Object, by Chloe Aridjis (hardback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLonglisted for the 2026 Booker Prize.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFlora polishes silver for a living in a London jewellery shop. On a visit to her family in Mexico, the family dog bites her hand, and what should be a minor injury turns into a long stay in hospital and a run of operations. On the ward she meets Wilhelmina, an elderly German woman recovering from pneumonia, who collects optical toys and the devices that came before cinema. Through dreamlike conversations in the hospital corridors, and one unforgettable magic lantern show, the two become unlikely friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBack in London with a task Wilhelmina has entrusted to her, Flora returns to work and falls into a strange friendship with Wilhelmina's son, Max. Slowly the line between what she sees and what she imagines begins to blur, and she starts to suspect that the lantern is not the only thing throwing images onto the walls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA quietly hypnotic novel about light, illusion and the ways we see, from the author of \u003cem\u003eBook of Clouds\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSea Monsters\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Chloe Aridjis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Chatto \u0026amp; Windus (Penguin Random House)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50866805244162,"sku":"9781784746377","price":485.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1160\/4950\/files\/9781784746377-jacket-large.jpg?v=1792917477","url":"https:\/\/bridgebooks.co.za\/products\/9781784746377","provider":"Bridge Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}