{"product_id":"paradise-burns-by-pol-guasch","title":"PARADISE BURNS by Pol Guasch","description":"\u003cp\u003e131 x 197mm, 160 pages, Black \u0026amp; white printing, Perfect bound, Softcover, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a world that is coming to an end, two friends pursue a future worth believing in\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Rita and Líton meet at a party, they quickly form a bond that will indelibly shape their lives. Theirs is not an easy world: most wildlife is extinct and the earth is tormented by drought and floods; the last vestiges of natural life are kept under lock and key in a mysterious greenhouse a day’s travel away. Like the other young men of the Service, Líton is frequently enlisted to put out the seemingly never-ending fires that tear through the valley; Rita lives perched on a hill in the Colony, where other men, including her father, empty an almost barren mine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYet their bond grounds them. Together they navigate the love affairs, setbacks, and thwarted idealism of their twenties, finding in each other a vital reprieve for their disillusionment – that is, until Líton, like other gay men, falls sick.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnfolding back and forth across time, and told through the voices, conversations, and letters of a tapestry of characters, Paradise Burns is a poetic exploration of an uncannily familiar ecological and existential grief, and a lament for an entire generation forced to inherit a world they feel unable to change. But above all, the internationally celebrated Guasch – hailed as ‘the spokesperson for a generation’ (La Vanguardia) – has written a profoundly moving and astoundingly imaginative paean to the power of friendship: what it protects in a fallen world, and how, through love, it allows us to imagine a better one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Mara Faye Lethem\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peninsula Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57001915613570,"sku":null,"price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/5338\/0582\/files\/IMG_3907029.jpg?v=1793203822","url":"https:\/\/goodpress.co.uk\/products\/paradise-burns-by-pol-guasch","provider":"Good Press — good books \u0026 more","version":"1.0","type":"link"}