{"product_id":"9781035923298","title":"The Library of Traumatic Memory *","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first literary science fiction novel from Neil Jordan, visionary director of \u003ci\u003eThe Company of Wolves \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eInterview with the Vampire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a windswept corner of a forgotten peninsula, love and loss echo through the halls of a mansion built on secrets. Here memory is currency of the future, and the past refuses to stay buried.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the year 2084, Christian Cartwright, a quiet librarian at the enigmatic Huxley Institute, spends his days archiving the world's most painful memories in the Library of Traumatic Memory. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut when his lover Isolde dies in a mysterious car crash, Christian secretly resurrects her as a digital consciousness - an act of grief, obsession, and defiance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Christian navigates a world where memories can be edited, dreams harvested, and the dead made to speak, he uncovers a deeper conspiracy buried in the Institute's foundations - one that stretches back centuries to his 18th-century ancestor Montagu Cartwright, the architect of the Huxley Mansion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMontagu's obsidian mirror and copper model may hold the key to a reality where architecture shapes fate and time loops back on itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlending gothic mystery, speculative science, and philosophical depth, \u003ci\u003eThe Library of Traumatic Memory\u003c\/i\u003e is a haunting meditation on love, loss, and the ethics of memory. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs the past and future collide, Christian must decide what it means to remember - and what it costs to forget.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jordan, Neil","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56677067293058,"sku":"9781035923298","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0936\/6575\/5522\/files\/9781035923298.jpg?v=1779987101","url":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781035923298","provider":"Archway Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}