{"product_id":"gods-snake-irini-spanidou-9780375702860","title":"God's Snake","description":"\"Remarkably fresh and vigorous . . . an impressive achievement.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Set amid the arid landscape and stony resentments of Greece in the aftermath of its bloody civil war, this electrifying novel unfolds a series of interconnecting modern-day fables about childhood and family, love and betrayal. \u003ci\u003eGod's Snake\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of the inventive, courageous Anna, a young girl who has inherited both the skepticism of classical Athens and the fierce stoicism of Sparta. It is also the story of Anna's parents: her mother, a woman as remote as she is seductive, and her father, a misogynist army officer who, when Anna cries, tells her, \"we are not born to be comforted.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As Anna picks her way through this emotional minefield, she encounters people and animals that possess the revelatory powers of figures in a dream: the snakes her father's adjutant kills as emissaries of the Devil, a poetry-loving general; a haunted girl whose mother dies of tuberculosis; a frozen crow that miraculously comes back to life, \u003ci\u003eGod's Snake\u003c\/i\u003e is a work filled with passion, magic, and terror, conceived by a novelist of visionary authority.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Irini Spanidou\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0375702865\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375702860\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/29\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/03\/1999 pg. 24","brand":"Irini Spanidou","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47757453590783,"sku":"9780375702860","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e0d04640-f8f3-4c2d-b426-dcf40fd90c69.jpg?v=1765510291","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gods-snake-irini-spanidou-9780375702860","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}