{"product_id":"moths-by-rosalind-ashe","title":"'Moths' by Rosalind Ashe","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"48\" data-end=\"543\"\u003eAn unsettling Gothic novel that begins with the discovery of an abandoned Oxford house, then gradually unfolds into something much scarier than an abandoned Oxford house.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"48\" data-end=\"543\"\u003eWhen an American academic arrives in England to catalogue the papers of a forgotten scholar, she finds herself drawn into a landscape where neglected gardens, old buildings, family histories and inexplicable occurrences begin to blur together. Ashe is less interested in shocks than in atmosphere, building a haunting out of memory, place and suggestion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"545\" data-end=\"1042\"\u003eRosalind Ashe was one of Britain's great writers of literary ghost stories, though she remains surprisingly overlooked today. \u003cem data-start=\"671\" data-end=\"678\"\u003eMoths\u003c\/em\u003e is a fine example of her gift: elegant, deeply English and patient in its accumulation of unease, recalling the work of Susan Hill, Elizabeth Jane Howard and M.R. James while maintaining a distinctly psychological sensibility. An ideal novel for readers who prefer their supernatural fiction to arrive by degrees, carried on beautiful prose rather than spectacle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1069\" data-end=\"1180\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePenguin Random House paperback (2025 reissue). Clean copy with light shelf wear and a tight, unmarked interior.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45784054825043,"sku":null,"price":16.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Untitleddesign-2026-07-04T195726.674.png?v=1783159067","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/moths-by-rosalind-ashe","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}