{"product_id":"infinite-splendours-sofie-laguna-9781760876272","title":"Infinite Splendours","description":"\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE 2021 COLIN RODERICK AWARD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLawrence Loman is a bright, caring, curious boy with a gift for painting. He lives at home with his mother and younger brother, and the future is laid out before him, full of promise. But when he is ten, an experience of betrayal takes it all away, and Lawrence is left to deal with the devastating aftermath. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs he grows into a man, how will he make sense of what he has suffered? He cannot rewrite history, but must he be condemned to repeat it? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLawrence finds meaning in the best way he knows. By surrendering himself to art and nature, he creates beauty - beauty made all the more astonishing and soulful for the deprivation that gives rise to it. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInfinite Splendours is an extraordinary novel, incandescent with love and compassion, rich in colour and character. The power and virtuosity of Laguna's writing make it impossible for us to look away; by being seen, Lawrence is redeemed. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd we, as readers, have had our minds and hearts opened in ways we can't forget.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'...deserves to stand beside David Malouf's Harland's Half Acre or Michelle de Kretser's The Lost Dog in that slender collection of brilliant Australian novels about art' - The Weekend Australian\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sofie Laguna","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43174148702451,"sku":"9781760876272","price":32.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781760876272.jpg?v=1662063257","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/infinite-splendours-sofie-laguna-9781760876272","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}