{"product_id":"story-of-the-forest-the-2","title":"Story of the Forest, The","description":"SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Epic and marvellously entertaining... There''s a furious energy to the novel, which constantly moves forward even as it looks sorrowfully back''\u003cbr\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Magnificent... I want to press a copy on everyone I know''\u003cbr\u003eNIGELLA LAWSON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Epic, magnificent, beautiful... I couldn''t put it down'' \u003cbr\u003ePHILIPPA PERRY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Jewel-like clarity... exceptional''\u003cbr\u003eRICHARD COLES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Exquisite writing [and] a triumphant, elegant ending'' \u003cbr\u003eMAIL ON SUNDAY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''An intelligent family saga... ambitious and moving and funny'' \u003cbr\u003eTESSA HADLEY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt''s 1913 and a young, carefree and recklessly innocent girl, Mina, goes out into the forest on the edge of the Baltic sea and meets a gang of rowdy young men with revolution on their minds. It sounds like a fairy tale but it''s life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe adventure leads to flight, emigration and a new land, a new language and the pursuit of idealism or happiness - in Liverpool. But what of the stories from the old country; how do they shape and form the next generations who have heard the well-worn tales?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the flour mills of Latvia to Liverpool suburbia to post-war Soho, The Story of the Forest is about myths and memory and about how families adapt in order to survive. It is a story full of the humour and wisdom we have come to relish from this wonderful writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOrwell Prize for Political Fiction Award Ceremony - 22 June 2023","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57832203157839,"sku":"9780349014104","price":29.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0061\/0372\/8217\/files\/9780349014104_1-story-of-the-forest-the.jpg?v=1780305523","url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/story-of-the-forest-the-2","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}