{"product_id":"the-hut-zeeba-ansari-9781800462458","title":"The Hut","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat paths do we take to end up where we are? And how do they shape the person we become? Zeeba Ansari's debut novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Hut\u003c\/em\u003e, explores these questions as it follows the fortunes of a young man on a quest to find his family. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you met Arun when he first came to Kandra, and said that one day he'd sit beside a pool in a clearing and tell the story of his life, he wouldn't thank you for it. Stories and poems belonged to a past he'd worked very hard to forget. And if you told him his audience would be Night itself, he'd probably laugh and walk away. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen again, if you'd met him when he was thirteen years old and said that instead of becoming a farmer like his father, he'd find himself on an extraordinary journey that would take him far from his hut in the valley to places he could never have dreamed of, he wouldn't have believed you either. Although he'd have liked the idea; he'd always longed for the glamour and excitement of the wider world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis older self knew better. That journey was no quest for high adventure but a shattering of everything he'd ever known. From desert plains to fabled cities, he'd embark on a desperate search that would change his life utterly. He'd discover the value of friendship, and the meaning of home and family. And he'd learn the hardest lesson of all: that love and happiness come at a terrible cost. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd if you sit beside Arun as he finishes his tale, he'll tell you there is nothing more to say. He'd be wrong. There is a decision to be made, one final choice that could transform his life. But will he have the courage to make it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCornwall resident Zeeba says: \u003cem\u003e\"I'm not sure where the inspiration came from. It's probably a combination of many things, including my love of stories, which began with the books I read as a child; my love of poetry; the tales my father told me and my sister as children; the Silk Road, a path through a world of many wonders; and, most of all, the joy that comes from escaping into your imagination and letting it take you wherever you wish to go.\" \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis moving and beautiful novel takes the reader on an emotional journey through a timeless and richly imagined world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Zeeba Ansari\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 180046245X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781800462458\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Troubador Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/28\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 698\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 1.53d","brand":"Zeeba Ansari","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48014059110655,"sku":"9781800462458","price":21.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f1ac038c-c338-4b1c-9bcd-b50acea1d9b4.jpg?v=1767746470","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-hut-zeeba-ansari-9781800462458","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}