{"product_id":"in-moonland","title":"In Moonland","description":"In present-day Melbourne, a man attempts to piece together the mystery of his father's apparent suicide as his young family slowly implodes. At the ashram of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, in 1976, a man searching for salvation must confront his capacity for violence and darkness. And in a not-too-distant future, a woman with a life-altering decision to make travels through a climate-ravaged landscape to visit her estranged father.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIn Moonland\u003c\/i\u003e is a portrait of three generations, each grappling with their own mortality. Spanning the wild idealism of the 70s through to the fragile hope of the future, it is a novel about the struggle for transcendence and the reverberating effects of family bonds. This long-awaited second outing from Miles Allinson, the multi-award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eFever of Animals\u003c\/i\u003e, will affirm his reputation as one of Australia's most interesting contemporary fiction writers, and urge us to see our own political and environmental reality in a new light.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ' \u003ci\u003eIn Moonland\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel about the ways we yearn to belong; a deeply moving excavation of faith, autonomy, identity and, ultimately, mortality. Allinson writes with great warmth and insight, his exquisite prose offering light to even the darkest corners of his characters' hearts.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e-Judges comments for \u003ci\u003eThe Age\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year Award for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'A joy to read, with its relaxed authority of tone, its complex emotional depths, and its curious, daring beauty.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e-Helen Garner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'A story of our hearts, all broken, full, mystifying. Observant, sublime prose.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e-Tara June Winch, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Yield\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribe Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48718833910009,"sku":"9781925322927","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0781\/4535\/6025\/files\/13554603482873.jpg?v=1785128587","url":"https:\/\/www.atticusbooksandart.com.au\/products\/in-moonland","provider":"Atticus Bookshop Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}