{"product_id":"9781913512910","title":"Paradise Burns","description":"Author(s): Guasch, Pol, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 29\/10\/2026,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 144 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Peninsula Press Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Peninsula Press Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945),\u003cbr\u003e Dimensions: 198 x 129\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\/EAN\/SKU: 9781913512910\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a world that is coming to an end, two friends pursue a future worth believing in When 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, Paradise Burns 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’ (La Vanguardia) – 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":"Guasch, Pol","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56962184774018,"sku":"9781913512910","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/2180\/9347\/files\/9781913512910.jpg?v=1791117335","url":"https:\/\/mountfloridabooks.pro\/products\/9781913512910","provider":"Mount Florida Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}