{"product_id":"9780571299324","title":"The Tree of the Sun","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Tree of the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in 1978, begins where Wilson Harris's previous novel \u003ci\u003eDa Silva da Silva's Cultivated Wilderness \u003c\/i\u003eended\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eand thus forms a sequel\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThe London-dwelling Brazilian painter Da Silva is deeply moved by his wife's pregnancy  after eight years of marriage. As he contemplates the child to be born he recalls a painting he began on the very morning he and his wife made love and conception occurred: a painting that contained a growing image. This becomes the evolving 'foetus' of imagination through which Da Silva begins to relate himself and his wife to the former (childless) tenants of their Kensington flat.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I must admire the imagination and  force of Wilson Harris' writing.' Kevin Cully, \u003ci\u003eTribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber and Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47114391093488,"sku":"9780571299324","price":14.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780571299324_p0.jpg?v=1763718992","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780571299324","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}