{"product_id":"continent-by-jim-crace","title":"'Continent' by Jim Crace","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"80\" data-end=\"559\"\u003eA sequence of loosely linked stories set in an invented land that feels both pre-modern and eerily contemporary. \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"80\" data-end=\"559\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eCrace’s debut novel doesn’t quite behave like a debut. Each section introduces a different corner of this world, building not a plot but a thrum: language shifts, economies emerge, bodies are regulated, belief adapts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"561\" data-end=\"950\"\u003eAt all times a fable, anthropology, and political allegory, without settling into any of them. If you love prose cool, deliberate, observational—you'll see Crace working out the terrain he’ll later refine. This spare prose, estranged settings, and an interest in how civilisation organises itself, often badly, is very bewitching to the right reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"561\" data-end=\"950\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMinerva paperback edition, 1995 (first Minerva printing; originally published 1986). Clean, tight copy with light edgewear and minor rubbing to covers; pages lightly toned.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44367830679635,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Untitleddesign-2026-04-04T112020.885.png?v=1775262033","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/continent-by-jim-crace","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}