{"product_id":"daughters-of-the-labyrinth","title":"Daughters of The Labyrinth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An immersive novel steeped in the history and folklore of Crete: transporting historically informative story-telling' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A moving superbly written exploration of a family with dark secrets. Crete itself becomes one of the main characters in the story' \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Books 2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e----------\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis was my home. This harbour and sea. These golden alleys. But the town I grew up in has disappeared.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBroken by the death of her husband Ri a successful international artist living in London returns to her ancestral home of Crete. The Greek island is known for its ancient myth and mass tourism but when Ri returns she finds a secret darker history. As the home she left deals with a looming Brexit and the home she rediscovered grapples with a refugee crisis Ri confronts her changing identity. Unearthing stories from her family's past leaves a permanent mark on her understanding of herself her relationship to her country and her art. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLyrical unsettling and evocative \u003ci\u003eDaughters of the Labyrinth\u003c\/i\u003e explores the power of buried memory and the grip of the past on the present and questions how well we can ever know our own family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e----------\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eDaughters of the Labyrinth\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel about a daughter's passionate quest for the truth about what happened to her parents in Crete during the German occupation. It is also a sumptuous and sensuous evocation of Crete itself its landscape and culture. Ruth Padel's brings a poet's eye to this world of great physical beauty and gnarled legacy' Colm Tóibín\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u0026gt;","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44791147888819,"sku":"9781472156389","price":559.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17478115509781472156389.jpg?v=1762852538","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/daughters-of-the-labyrinth","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}