{"product_id":"a-scientific-romance-paperback-by-ronald-wright","title":"A Scientific Romance Paperback by Ronald Wright","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                            \n                                \n                                    \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                                    \u003cul\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eVintage Canada\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(1998-07-07)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e320\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780676971071\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e249.48\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e7.93 x 5.18 x 0.85\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE • WINNER OF THE DAVID HIGHAM PRIZE (UK) • NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: \u003ci\u003eTHE GLOBE AND MAIL, THE SUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, AND THE NEW YORK TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRonald Wright’s unforgettable chronicle of love, plague and time travel—in the tradition of \u003ci\u003eNineteen Eighty-Four\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e The Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIt is 1999, and David Lambert, jilted lover and reluctant museum curator, is about to discover the startling news of the return of H. G. Wells’s time machine to London. Driven by a host of unanswered questions and innate curiosity, Lambert propels himself deep into the new millennium. As he sets foot in the luxuriant but menacing new landscape, he also explores the ruins of his life, a labyrinth of erotic obsession and remorse involving his old friend Bird—jazz musician, classicist, small-time crook—and Anita, the beautiful, eccentric Egyptologist they both loved, mysteriously dead at thirty-two. Personal and universal, witty and elegiac, David’s odyssey through conscience and civilization builds to an unforgettable indictment of human arrogance in the tradition of George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, and the great ‘scientific romances’ of H.G. Wells.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                    \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003eNovelist and historian RONALD WRIGHT is the award-winning author of ten books published in 16 languages and more than 40 countries. \u003ci\u003eA Short History of Progress,\u003c\/i\u003e his CBC Massey Lectures, won the Libris Award for Non-Fiction Book of the Year and inspired Martin Scorsese's 2011 film \u003ci\u003eSurviving Progress\u003c\/i\u003e. Wright's first novel, \u003ci\u003eA Scientific Romance,\u003c\/i\u003e won Britain's David Higham Prize for Fiction and was chosen a book of the year by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The Globe and Mail, \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e. His acclaimed works \u003ci\u003eCut Stones and Crossroads, Time Among the Maya,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStolen Continents \u003c\/i\u003eare now available as Penguin Modern Classics. Online: www.ronaldwright.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                            \n                            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":45445038637217,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780676971071","price":24.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780676971071.jpg?v=1764216373","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/a-scientific-romance-paperback-by-ronald-wright","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}