{"product_id":"the-goddess-chronicle-9781786899170","title":"The Goddess Chronicle","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn an island in the shape of a teardrop live two sisters. One is admired far and wide, the other lives in her shadow. One is the Oracle, the other is destined for the Underworld. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut what will happen when she returns to the island? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Based on the Japanese myth of Izanami and Izanagi, \u003ci\u003eThe Goddess Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e is a fantastical tour de force about ferocious love and bitter revenge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Myths series brings together some of the world's finest writers, each of whom has retold a myth in a contemporary and memorable way. Authors in the series include Karen Armstrong, Margaret Atwood, A.S. Byatt, David Grossman, Natsuo Kirino, Alexander McCall Smith, Philip Pullman, Ali Smith and Jeanette Winterson.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNatsuo Kirino\u003c\/b\u003e is a leading figure in Japanese crime fiction. A prolific writer, she is most famous for her 1998 novel \u003ci\u003eOut\u003c\/i\u003e, which received the Grand Prix for Crime Fiction, Japan's top mystery award, and was a finalist (in translation) for the 2004 Edgar Best Novel Award. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRebecca Copeland\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of Japanese literature at Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, where her research and teaching focuses on women, gender and translation studies. She also translated Kirino's 2003 novel \u003ci\u003eGrotesque\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Canongate Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50727014924562,"sku":"9781786899170","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2cbf3779-e820-4ea1-aa14-10e6e36bcc97.jpg?v=1734890251","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-goddess-chronicle-9781786899170","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}