{"product_id":"an-ocean-of-minutes","title":"An Ocean of Minutes","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the Giller Prize 2018\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA heartbreaking and timely novel about courage, yearning, the cost of holding onto the past - and the price of letting it go.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePolly and Frank are young and in love, a lifetime together before them. But one evening in 1980, as the Texas sun sets over their shoulders, the world is suddenly pulled apart by a deadly virus. Within months, Frank is dying. Polly can save him, but only if she agrees to a radical plan: to time travel to 1993 for a corporation who can fund his life-saving treatment. She can only go forward, she cannot go back. And she must leave everything she loves behind, including Frank.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll they have is the promise of a future together: they will find each other again in twelve years' time, in Galveston, Texas, where the sea begins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut when something goes wrong and Polly arrives late, Frank is nowhere to be found. Completely alone, Polly must navigate a terrifying new world to find him, and to discover if their love has endured.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eAn Ocean of Minutes\u003c\/em\u003e is that rare thing - a speculative novel that is as heartfelt as it is philosophical. An original and compelling novel unlike anything you'll read this year.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Esi Edugyan, author of \u003cem\u003eWashington Black\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The clear-eyed, evocative writing here is reminiscent of Margaret Atwood, and anyone familiar with \u003cem\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/em\u003e will find resonance in these pages... a devastating debut.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eAn Ocean of Minutes\u003c\/em\u003e absolutely swept me away.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eRed Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A profound meditation on the inhumanity of class and the limits of love... This is a story about the malleability of time, but at its core lives something timeless.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e—Omar El Akkad, author of \u003cem\u003eAmerican War\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThea Lim\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of An Ocean of Minutes, which was shortlisted for the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize. Thea Lim's writing has been published by Granta, The Paris Review, The Guardian, The Globe and Mail, Salon, The Southampton Review and others. She holds an MFA from the University of Houston and she previously served as nonfiction editor at Gulf Coast. She grew up in Singapore and lives in Toronto with her family, where she is a professor of creative writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Pansing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32123077525617,"sku":"9781786487933","price":16.78,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/An-Ocean-of-Minutes-Thea-Lim-00.jpg?v=1602757610","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/an-ocean-of-minutes","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}