{"product_id":"the-doloriad-missouri-williams-epub","title":"The Doloriad — Missouri Williams (ePub)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE 2023 REPUBLIC OF CONSCIOUSNESS PRIZE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Missouri Williams is a formidably talented writer, whose dark prognostications are both thrilling and frightening to behold.”\u003c\/strong\u003e – Mary South, You Will Never Be Forgotten\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“The Doloriad comes in hot like a blazing comet from a distant universe: wholly unexpected, shocking, brilliant.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e– Elvia Wilk, Oval\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Unlike anything I’ve ever read. The Doloriad is – somehow – Old Testament origin story, Shakespearean family feud, Greek epic, philosophical parable, and absurdist sitcom, all in one. Horrible and riveting, I could not look away.” \u003c\/strong\u003e– Jac Jemc, The Grip of It and False Bingo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eI\u003c\/span\u003en the wake of a mysterious environmental cataclysm that has wiped out the rest of humankind, a family descended from incest cling to existence on the edges of a ruined city. The family is mercilessly ruled by The Matriarch who dreams of starting humanity over. Her children and the children they have with one another aren’t so sure. Surrounded by the silent forest and the dead suburbs, they feel closer to the ruined world than to their parents. Nevertheless, they scavenge supplies, collect fuel, plant seeds, and attempt to cultivate the poisoned earth, brutalizing and caring for one another in equal measure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eWhen The Matriarch dreams of another group of survivors she sends away one of her daughters, the legless Dolores, as a marriage offering. Her return triggers the breakdown of The Matriarch’s fragile order and the control she wields over their sprawling family begins to weaken. The children seize their chance to escape with terrible and lasting consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eMissouri Williams’s debut novel is a blazingly original document of depravity and salvation. Gothic and strange, moving and disquieting, The Doloriad stares down humanity’s unbreakable commitment to life for better or worse.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dead Ink Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53617320821073,"sku":null,"price":4.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/6907\/1697\/files\/9781911585848.jpg?v=1776249614","url":"https:\/\/deadinkbooks.com\/products\/the-doloriad-missouri-williams-epub","provider":"Dead Ink Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}