{"product_id":"apple-and-knife","title":"Apple and Knife","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dazzling, provocative debut story collection from celebrated Indonesian writer Intan Paramaditha, putting fierce female characters centre stage in brilliantly funny and sharp twists on fairy tale.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Dark, subversive... Here are fairy tales and myths reworked with a feminist bent' \u003ci\u003eTatler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Inspired by horror fiction, myths and fairy tales, Apple and Knife is an unsettling ride that swerves into the supernatural to explore the dangers and power of occupying a female body in today's world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e These stories set in the Indonesian everyday - in corporate boardrooms, in shanty towns, on dangdut stages - reveal a soupy otherworld stewing just beneath the surface. This is subversive feminist horror at its best, where men and women alike are arbiters of fear, and where revenge is sometimes sweetest when delivered from the grave.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eDark, humorous, and vividly realised, \u003ci\u003eApple and Knife\u003c\/i\u003e brings together taboos, inversions, sex and death in a heady, intoxicating mix.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vintage Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781784709792\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £3.15","offer_id":47917034766513,"sku":"SB-1784709794-C3","price":3.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1784709794.jpg?v=1789237735","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/apple-and-knife","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}