{"product_id":"the-capital-of-dreams-9780063425996","title":"The Capital of Dreams","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Capital of Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e is not so much a novel to read but one to live (and dream) in. A dark, wistfully comic fable that's as imaginative as it is poignant. An entire world that only Heather O'Neill could create.\"--Iain Reid, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eWe Spread and Foe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the hugely acclaimed author beloved by literary lights, including Emily St. John Mandel, Kelly Link, and Mona Awad, a dark dystopian fairytale about an idyllic country ravaged by war--and a girl torn between safety and loyalty. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSofia Bottom lives in Elysia, a small country forgotten by Europe. But inside its borders, the old myths of trees that come alive and faeries who live among their roots have given way to an explosion of the arts and the consolations of philosophy. From the clarinetists to the cabaret singers, no artist is as revered as Sofia's brilliant mother, the writer Clara Bottom. How can fourteen-year-old Sofia, with her tin ear and enduring love of ancient myths, ever hope to win her mother's love?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the country's greatest enemy invades, and the Capital is under threat, Clara turns to her daughter to smuggle her new manuscript to safety on the last train evacuating children from the city. But when the train draws to a suspicious halt in the middle of a forest, Sofia is forced to run for her life and loses her mother's most prized possession. Frightened and alone in a country at war, Sofia must find a way to reclaim what she has lost. On an epic journey through woods and razed towns, colliding with soldiers, survivors, and other lost children, Sofia must make the choice between kindness and her own survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this stunning novel set in an imaginative world yet reflective of our own times, Heather O'Neill delivers a vivid, breathtaking dark fairytale of life, death, and betrayal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eO'Neill, Heather:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHEATHER O'NEILL\u003c\/strong\u003e is a novelist, short-story writer, and essayist. Her most recent novel is \u003cem\u003eThe Capital of Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e. Her previous works include \u003cem\u003eWhen We Lost Our Heads, \u003c\/em\u003e which was a #1 national bestseller and a finalist for the Grand Prix du Livre de Montr?al; \u003cem\u003eThe Lonely Hearts Hotel\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction and was longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and CBC's Canada Reads; and \u003cem\u003eLullabies for Little Criminals, The Girl Who Was Saturday Night, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDaydreams of Angels, \u003c\/em\u003e which were shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction, the Orange Prize for Fiction, and the Scotiabank Giller Prize two years in a row. O'Neill has also won CBC's Canada Reads and the Danuta Gleed Award. Born and raised in Montreal, she lives there today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50878304649490,"sku":"9780063425996","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8f553de2-5acd-4b31-a532-2b8dda0a6f08.jpg?v=1748511331","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-capital-of-dreams-9780063425996","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}