{"product_id":"the-statuary-gardens-jacques-abeille-9798896230649","title":"The Statuary Gardens","description":"\u003cb\u003eA haunting sci-fi fantasy about a world where women are hidden away, men cultivate living statues, and a there is a mysterious rebellion on the rise, now in English for the first time.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn an unnamed country where the men cultivate statues and the women are nowhere to be seen, a traveler takes a room at an inn. One foggy morning, a mysterious man invites him to take him on a tour of the walled estates, introducing him to the gardeners' rich, strange culture. But as time wears on--and the traveler's landlord pours scorn upon the gardens and gardeners--he feels compelled to set out through ruined estates and depopulated wilderness, to the northern steppes, where a renegade chieftain is said to have rallied the violent nomadic hordes to his cause. But what \u003ci\u003eis\u003c\/i\u003e this cause? And will this world of men, which has sealed women away behind walls within walls, survive the injustice eating away at its roots? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA cult novel in France, \u003ci\u003eThe Statuary Gardens\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book in Jacques Abeille's multivolume series Cycle des Contrées. A tale of science fiction and high adventure, it is at the same time a meditation on art, culture, inattention, and patriarchy which bears comparison with its influences-- Edgar Allan Poe, Franz Kafka, Ernst Jünger, Dino Buzatti--as well as with other world-building works of art, such as Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea books or the films of Hayao Miyazaki. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the first time Abeille's work has appeared in English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jacques Abeille\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798896230649\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Jacques Abeille","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48517129568511,"sku":"9798896230649","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0c01c9f8-22df-4db6-8a89-fa8ce9f9915f.jpg?v=1778730101","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-statuary-gardens-jacques-abeille-9798896230649","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}