{"product_id":"lake-like-a-mirror-9781931883986","title":"Lake Like a Mirror","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy an author described by critics as \"the most accomplished Malaysian writer, full stop,\" \u003cem\u003eLake Like a Mirror\u003c\/em\u003e is a scintillating exploration of the lives of women buffeted by powers beyond their control.\u003c\/b\u003e Squeezing themselves between the gaps of rabid urbanization, patriarchal structures and a theocratic government, these women find their lives twisted in disturbing ways. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn precise and disquieting prose, Ho Sok Fong draws her readers into a richly atmospheric world of naked sleepwalkers in a rehabilitation center for wayward Muslims, mysterious wooden boxes, gossip in unlicensed hairdressers, hotels with amnesiac guests, and poetry classes with accidentally charged politics--a world that is peopled with the ghosts of unsaid words, unmanaged desires and uncertain statuses, surreal and utterly true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Two Lines Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781931883986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 4.90w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/16\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2020 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/26\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2020 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sok Fong Ho","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36670869405852,"sku":"9781931883986","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ef5ebef9-f5b7-4fec-a6c5-59e088d764c6.jpg?v=1603923833","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/lake-like-a-mirror-9781931883986","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}