{"product_id":"absolution-a-southern-reach-novel","title":"Absolution: A Southern Reach Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2024: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e New York \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, \u003ci\u003e Time\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Literary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, Goodreads\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe surprise fourth volume in Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach series--and the final word on one of the most provocative and popular speculative fiction series of our time.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the Southern Reach trilogy was first published a decade ago, it was an instant sensation, celebrated in a front-page \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e story before publication, hailed by Stephen King and many others. Each volume climbed the bestseller list; awards were won; the books made the rare transition from paperback original to hardcover; the movie adaptation became a cult classic. All told, the trilogy has sold more than a million copies and has secured its place in the pantheon of twenty-first-century literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd yet for all this, for Jeff VanderMeer there was never full closure to the story of Area X. There were a few mysteries that had gone unsolved, some key points of view never aired. There were stories left to tell. There remained questions about who had been complicit in creating the conditions for Area X to take hold; the story of the first mission into the Forgotten Coast--before Area X was called Area X--had never been fully told; and what if someone had foreseen the world after \u003ci\u003eAcceptance\u003c\/i\u003e? How crazy would they seem? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStructured in three parts, each recounting a new expedition, \u003ci\u003eAbsolution \u003c\/i\u003eis a brilliant, beautiful, and ever-terrifying plunge into unique and fertile literary territory. There are some long-awaited answers here, to be sure, but also more questions, and profound new surprises. It is the final word on one of the most provocative and popular speculative fiction series of our time.","brand":"Jeff VanderMeer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46265612697836,"sku":"9780374616595","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780374616595.jpg?v=1741998263","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/absolution-a-southern-reach-novel","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}