{"product_id":"9781399631686","title":"Searoad","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Le Guin, Ursula K. \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 14 May 2026 by Orion Publishing Co (Weidenfeld \u0026amp; Nicolson) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 256 pages\u003cbr\u003e129 x 197 x 21 | 228g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A vision of multiplicity and endless change and continuity' Los Angeles Times'Rich, warm, and as easy on the soul as an afternoon on the beach' KirkusSearoad is a sandy track that runs between the town of Klatsand and the rugged Oregon coast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross this stretch, locals with roots in the town overlap with visitors staying in its run-down motels: a man questions his wife's desire to be a poet; a summering librarian indulges in an affair; a waitress recalls the shooting of her teenage daughter by her own husband. And always, women walk on the long, long beach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd as the narrative shifts from the horizontal present to the vertical past, a four-generation chain of mothers and daughters reaches back to Klatsand's beginnings - and forward to its future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  In Searoad, trailblazing feminist author Ursula K. Le Guin paints a vivid and powerfully evocative portrait of a small community built over the course of a century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58179218178429,"sku":"9781399631686","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9781399631686.jpg?v=1778955452","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.com\/products\/9781399631686","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}