{"product_id":"scodellaro-giada-ruins-child","title":"Scodellaro, Giada - Ruins, Child","description":"The winner of the 2024 Novel Prize,Ruins, Childuses the\nlens of urban infrastructure, social commentary, folklore,\nchoreography and collective listening to create an\nethnography of place and an ode to communal ruins.\nSet in what may be the future, and centred on six women sharing a space in\nsome sort of crumbling apartment tower,Ruins, Childis remarkable for its irresistible\nsweep, wit, and prickly splintered truth. Giada Scodellaro's novel is\nlike a precious old mirror: dropped, looking up at you, flashing light and bits\nof the undeniable. With the pulsating sway of its liquid mosaic narrative, the\nnovel may recall Virginia Woolf'sThe Waves, but is entirely its own animal:\nkaleidoscopic, pointedly disorienting in its looseness, and powered along by\nsnatches of speech from its compelling ensemble cast, often vernacular, often\noverheard. It's a book seemingly drawn from deep wells of Black American\nreality: Scodellaro's female protagonists push back against authority in the\nvery vivacity of their telling, setting afoot a freeing-up and a mysterious inversion\nof marginalization. A surreal musing,Ruins, Childuses the lens of urban\ninfrastructure, social commentary, folklore, choreography and collective listening\nto create an ethnography of place and an ode to communal ruins.","brand":"Fitzcarraldo Editions","offers":[{"title":"Paperback Book","offer_id":50907755938070,"sku":"RMX-59997","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0839\/7750\/2998\/files\/c9f2805a6482e77f5bb09d887d59236e.jpg?v=1767708555","url":"https:\/\/resident-music-uk.myshopify.com\/products\/scodellaro-giada-ruins-child","provider":"Resident Music UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}