{"product_id":"a-theater-for-dreamers-9781643752594","title":"A Theater for Dreamers","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Sublime and immersive . . . If you wish you could disappear to a Greek island right now, I highly recommend.\" \u003cbr\u003e --Jojo Moyes, #1 bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMe Before You\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This gorgeous, glimmering summer read is itself perfect summer: irresistible and deep, Samson's lyric sentences pulling you into unforgettable sunlight and shadow.\" \u003cbr\u003e --Amy Bloom, \u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWhite Houses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It's 1960, and the world teeters on the edge of cultural, political, sexual, and artistic revolution. On the Greek island of Hydra, a proto-commune of poets, painters, and musicians revel in dreams at the feet of their unofficial leaders, the writers Charmian Clift and George Johnston, troubled queen and king of bohemia. At the center of this circle of misfit artists are the captivating and inscrutable Axel Jensen, his magnetic wife Marianne Ihlen, and a young Canadian ingenue poet named Leonard Cohen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When eighteen-year-old Erica stumbles into their world, she's fresh off the boat from London with nothing but a bundle of blank notebooks and a burning desire to leave home in the wake of her mother's death. Among these artists, she will find an unraveling utopia where everything is tested--the nature of art, relationships, and her own innocence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Intoxicating and immersive, \u003ci\u003eA Theater for Dreamers \u003c\/i\u003eis a spellbinding tour-de-force about the beauty between naïveté and cruelty, chaos and utopia, artist and muse--and about the wars waged between men and women on the battlegrounds of genius. Roiling with the heat of a Grecian summer, \u003ci\u003eA Theater for Dreamers\u003c\/i\u003e is, according to the\u003ci\u003e Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \"a blissful piece of escapism\" and \"a surefire summer hit.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSamson, Polly:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003ePolly Samson \u003c\/b\u003eis a writer of fiction and a lyricist. Her words have appeared on four number-one albums, including Pink Floyd's \u003ci\u003eThe Division Bell\u003c\/i\u003e and David Gilmour's \u003ci\u003eOn an Island\u003c\/i\u003e. She has also worked as a journalist and in publishing, including two years as a columnist for the\u003ci\u003e Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e. Samson was made a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2018. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eOut of the Picture\u003c\/i\u003e, was shortlisted for the Author's Club Award, and many of her stories, including those from her first collection \u003ci\u003eLying in Bed\u003c\/i\u003e, have been read on Radio 4. A second collection of short stories, \u003ci\u003ePerfect Lives\u003c\/i\u003e, was a Book at Bedtime. She has written an introduction to a collection of Daphne du Maurier's earliest stories and has been a judge for the Costa Book Awards. Her 2015 novel \u003ci\u003eThe Kindness\u003c\/i\u003e was named a Book of the Year by both the \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Algonquin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50507535384850,"sku":"9781643752594","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3baa7aa7-a7b2-4e79-bad1-f1b29a16b5a5.jpg?v=1730863011","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-theater-for-dreamers-9781643752594","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}