{"product_id":"2940011416422","title":"Omega","description":"\u003cp\u003eOmega returns the adult reader to the world of childhood imagination: a world populated by the fantastic, the fabulous and the thoroughly improbable. But a world where adult concerns of poverty, injustice, prejudice, politics and economics are all too real. In this world, the reader is taken on a search for the Truth in a more literal sense than one would expect. On the way, the reader meets characters familiar to childhood who confront this question with different formulations and very different solutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndependent Reviews:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbsolutely outstanding and complex fable which stands comparison with Jonathan Swift. Our traveller meets religious absurdism head on. Highly recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA very superior fantasy this, set in a world full of different pockets of existence distinguished by species or class or faith. As a result, it’s layered and complex, and whilst slow moving it’s refreshingly unpredictable. The humour and targets are, I suppose, British, but there’s a general appeal. Don’t miss it is my recommendation.\u003cbr\u003e- Alaric McDermot\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI enjoyed reading this imaginative piece, which says a lot, because I confess I am not a fan of science fiction and my tastes are very limited with respect to what I'll read in the fantasy genre. I think it reads very smoothly and holds the reader's interest.\u003cbr\u003e- Native Law\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI confess that I might have been put off by giant, talking grasshoppers had they appeared in a first chapter. That’s a prejudice of mine, I think. It doesn’t apply here though. In the first place it’s so charmingly and well written. In the second place it suits your purpose very well (or you make it do so): a vehicle for commentary on social, political, religious, scientific and aesthetic issues. (Have I left anything out? It is a very broad canvass you’ve chosen.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fantasy goes deeper than this, of course. The Cartesian and Newtonian divisions of the Church, for example, are intriguing, suggestive, actually quite plausible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI was rather taken with the quest. An excellent read.\u003cbr\u003e- Longden\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bradley Stoke","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147275911408,"sku":"2940011416422","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940011416422_p0.jpg?v=1763548846","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940011416422","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}