{"product_id":"animal-people-charlotte-wood-9781761473302","title":"Animal People","description":"\u003cp\u003eWINNER, NSW Premier's Literary Awards - People's Choice Award\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED, NSW Premier's Literary Awards - Christina Stead Prize \n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED, Nita B. Kibble Award \n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003eLONGLISTED, Miles Franklin Literary Award\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAcclaimed novelist Charlotte Wood takes a character from her bestselling book, The Children, and turns her unflinching gaze on him and his world in Animal People. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSet in Sydney over a single day, Animal People traces a watershed day in the life of Stephen-aimless, unhappy, unfulfilled-and without a clue as to how to make his life better. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis dead-end job, his demanding family, his oppressive feelings for Fiona and the pitiless city itself . . . the great weight of it all threatens to come crashing down on him. The day will bring untold surprises and disasters, but will also show him-perhaps too late-that only love can set him free. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSharply observed, hilarious, tender and heartbreaking, Animal People is a portrait of urban life, a meditation on the conflicted nature of human-animal relationships, and a masterpiece of storytelling. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Consistently inventive and tightly crafted' - Sydney Morning Herald \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A compelling and ultimately moving novel that cements Wood's place as one of the most intelligent and compassionate novelists in Australia.' - The Age\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Charlotte Wood","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":49314496184563,"sku":"9781761473302","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781761473302.jpg?v=1782763036","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/animal-people-charlotte-wood-9781761473302","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}