{"product_id":"still-life-zo-wicomb-9781620976104","title":"Still Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Top Historical Fiction Pick of 2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA stunningly original new novel exploring race, truth in authorship, and the legacy of past exploitation, from the Windham-Campbell lifetime achievement award winner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen Zoëml; Wicomb burst onto the literary scene in 1987 with \u003cem\u003eYou Can't Get Lost in Cape Town\u003c\/em\u003e, she was hailed by her literary contemporaries and reviewers alike. Since then, her carefully textured writing has cemented her reputation as being among the most distinguished writers working today and earned her one of the inaugural Windham Campbell Prizes for Lifetime Achievement in Fiction Writing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWicomb's majestic new novel \u003cem\u003eStill Life\u003c\/em\u003e juggles with our perception of time and reality as Wicomb tells the story of an author struggling to write a biography of long-forgotten Scottish poet Thomas Pringle, whose only legacy is in South Africa where he is dubbed the \"Father of South African Poetry.\" In her efforts to resurrect Pringle, the writer summons the specter of Mary Prince, the West Indian slave whose \u003cem\u003eHistory\u003c\/em\u003e Pringle had once published, along with Hinza, his adopted black South African son.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt their side is Sir Nicholas Green, a seasoned time traveler (and a character from Virginia Woolf's \u003cem\u003eOrlando\u003c\/em\u003e). Their adventures, as they travel across space and time to unlock the mysteries of Pringle's life, offer a poignant exploration of colonial history and racial oppression.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Zoë Wicomb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1620976102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620976104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/28\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/26\/2020","brand":"Zoë Wicomb","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44046489616639,"sku":"9781620976104","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_abde5658-b4f0-4499-911d-bd5e09aa8d2d.jpg?v=1684984846","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/still-life-zo-wicomb-9781620976104","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}