{"product_id":"9780007450107_scenes-from-early-life","title":"Scenes From Early Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize, this is the new novel from the author of ‘King of the Badgers’ and the Man Booker-shortlisted ‘The Northern Clemency’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I was a baby during the war. We stayed inside for months. All my aunts took turns in feeding me. I couldn't be heard to cry. You see, there were soldiers in the streets. They would have known what a crying baby meant. So I had to be kept silent. No, not everyone came out of the war alive.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne family’s life, and a nation – Bangladesh – are uniquely created through conversation, sacrifice, songs, bonds, blood, bravery and jokes. Narrated by a young boy born into a savage civil war, ‘Scenes from Early Life’ is a heartbreaking, funny and gripping novel by one of our finest writers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Philip Hensher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46896027992213,"sku":"9780007450107","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007450107_dbed6624-6606-4919-9362-5f33b38d7f86.jpg?v=1776888209","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007450107_scenes-from-early-life","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}