{"product_id":"time-shelter-georgi-gospodinov-9781474623063","title":"Time Shelter","description":"\u003cp\u003e'I've put it on a special shelf in my library that I reserve for books that can never be fully exhausted-books that demand to be revisited every now and then.  '\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOLGA TOKARCZUK, WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Expansive, soulful, mind-bending'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDAVE EGGERS, AUTHOR OF THE CIRCLE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'In equal measure playful and profound, Georgi Gospodinov's Time Shelter renders the philosophical mesmerizing, and the everyday extraordinary. I loved it'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCLAIRE MESSUD, AUTHOR OF THE WOMAN UPSTAIRS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A  powerful and brilliant novel: clear-sighted, foreboding, enigmatic'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSANDRO VERONESI, AUTHOR OF THE HUMMINGBIRD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'Gospodinov is one of the leading writers in Europe: every book is an event'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGARTH GREENWELL, THE NEW YORKER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e In Time Shelter,  an enigmatic flaneur named Gaustine opens a 'clinic for the past' that  offers a promising treatment for Alzheimer's sufferers: each floor  reproduces a decade in minute detail, transporting patients back in  time. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs Gaustine's assistant, the unnamed narrator is tasked  with collecting the flotsam and jetsam of the past, from 1960s furniture  and 1940s shirt buttons to scents and  even afternoon light. But as the  rooms become more convincing, an increasing number of healthy people  seek out the clinic as a 'time  shelter', hoping to escape from the  horrors of our present - a development that results in an unexpected  conundrum when the past begins to invade the present. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIntricately crafted, and eloquently translated by Angela Rodel, Time Shelter   cements Georgi Gospodinov's reputation as one of the indispensable  writers of our times, a major voice in international literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Georgi Gospodinov","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43176752873715,"sku":"9781474623063","price":32.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781474623063.jpg?v=1662088868","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/time-shelter-georgi-gospodinov-9781474623063","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}