{"product_id":"oblivion-by-josephine-hart","title":"'Oblivion' by Josephine Hart","description":"\u003ch4\u003eLaura Bolton is dead, but neither her husband nor her mother will permit her to disappear.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAndrew remains haunted by her presence even while sleeping with another woman; her mother preserves her memory as something close to a shrine. Around them, the dead begin to speak, resisting the second death that arrives when the living finally forget.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing the erotic obsession of \u003cem\u003eDamage\u003c\/em\u003e, Hart turns here to grief as another form of possession. Moving between the voices of the living and the dead, \u003cem\u003eOblivion\u003c\/em\u003e asks whether memory keeps the beloved alive or merely prevents everyone else from living. A cold, theatrical and psychologically claustrophobic novel about sex, mourning and the violence concealed inside remembrance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst edition, first printing. Chatto \u0026amp; Windus, 1995. Hardback with dust jacket. Good condition, with tanning, rubbing and edge wear to the dust jacket.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45725063938131,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/thebowerbooker-2026-06-22T135718.249.png?v=1782100645","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/oblivion-by-josephine-hart","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}