{"product_id":"9781921834363","title":"A Love Letter from a Stray Moon","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this fictional tour de force Jay Griffiths, acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eWild\u003c\/i\u003e, creates a portrait of the artist Frida Kahlo, her devastating accident and her love for Diego Rivera, that is also a celebration of the spirit of poetry and the art of rebellion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e This edition contains a preface by John Berger.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpellbinding and luminous, \u003ci\u003eA Love Letter from a Stray Moon\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique work about passion, grief and transcendence. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJay Griffiths\u003c\/b\u003e is a British writer, author of \u003ci\u003ePip Pip: A Sideways Look at Time\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWild: An Elemental Journey\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the winner of the Barnes \u0026amp; Noble Discover Award for the best new non-fiction writer to be published in the USA, and the inaugural Orion Book Award.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'A wonderful book. It's like a dress that Kahlo invented for herself and wore.' John Berger\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Griffiths' novel itself reminds us what it is to be a human being, born native to the earth, on fire with the joy of the universe and full of grief for our broken world. It is a love song to life, to art and to the human spirit.' \u003ci\u003eWest Australian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e '\u003ci\u003eA Love Letter from a Stray Moon\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinarily beautiful and sustained prose poem, a call for engagement with the world, and a powerful and astonishing feat of literary and retroactive telepathy.' Niall Griffiths\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 'Jay Griffiths is a fearless adventurer with words and images. I salute her courage and the splendour of this vision.' Philip Pullman\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 'I absolutely devoured this wonderfully perceptive and sensitive book. I already knew a lot about Frida Kahlo's life but rediscovered it in these pages from the inside out.' Marie Darrieussecq\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Text Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137425490160,"sku":"9781921834363","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781921834363_p0.jpg?v=1763631720","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781921834363","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}