{"product_id":"the-blue-hour-mabel-chou-9781913891909","title":"The Blue Hour","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn an Island shrouded in the Fog of Eternity, no one remembers their dreams-and no one has ever heard of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen Moony finds a forbidden book. Its pages describe humanity's wars and atrocities-a thing called the Second World War-but the final pages have been torn away. She will never know who won. Tucked inside is a note: \u003cem\u003eThey are coming.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the Empire of Charn breaches the Fog, it brings the machinery of \"civilization\" propaganda, slaughterhouses, and a new language to replace the Islanders' own. Moony's world is remade overnight. Yet caught between her dread of the invaders and the flutterings of first love, she discovers that stories and compassion may hold a power older than any empire-the power to rewrite the very script of existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Blue Hour\u003c\/em\u003e is a literary fantasy about the suffering we inherit, the stories we tell to survive, and the beauty that might yet save us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMabel Chou \u003c\/strong\u003egrew up in Taipei, with English and Taiwanese as her mother tongues. She studies Foreign Languages and Literatures at National Taiwan University. She is an advocate for animal rights. The Blue Hour is her debut novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Blue Hour is a brilliant fantasy debut. It may evoke Ursula K. Le Guin or C. S. Lewis, but Mabel Chou's \"Edenburyd\"-alongside echoes of Charn and the Phantasmagorium-creates a mythic world of its own, at once contemplative, layered, and rooted in Taiwan. Drawing on a wide range of literary and cultural references, from Shakespeare and Steinbeck to Eliot, the novel builds a dense intertextual landscape without losing its emotional clarity. I loved every page. Not only is it a page-turner, but it also made all my reading over the past sixty years seem worthwhile.\"- Yu-hui Huang, Associate Professor of English and Applied Communication, Shih Hsin University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mabel Chou\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1913891909\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913891909\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Balestier Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/10\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 498\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.11d","brand":"Mabel Chou","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997922046207,"sku":"9781913891909","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-blue-hour-mabel-chou-9781913891909","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}