{"product_id":"9780593300282","title":"Lapvona","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn a village in a medieval fiefdom buffeted by natural disasters, a motherless shepherd boy finds himself the unlikely pivot of a power struggle that puts all manner of faith to a savage test, in a spellbinding novel that represents Ottessa Moshfegh’s most exciting leap yet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLittle Marek, the abused and delusional son of the village shepherd,  believes his mother died giving birth to him. One of Marek’s few consolations  is his enduring bond with the blind village midwife, Ina, who suckled  him when he was a baby. For some people, Ina’s ability to receive transmissions  of sacred knowledge from the natural world is a godsend. For  others, Ina’s home in the woods is a godless place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe people’s desperate need to believe that there are powers that  be who have their best interests at heart is put to a cruel test by their  depraved lord and governor, especially in this year of record drought  and famine. But when fate brings Marek into violent proximity to the  lord’s family, new and occult forces arise to upset the old order. By  year’s end, the veil between blindness and sight, life and death, and  the natural world and the spirit world will prove to be very thin indeed.","brand":"Ottessa Moshfegh","offers":[{"title":"Penguin Publishing Group |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2023-06-20","offer_id":44151406231807,"sku":"9780593300282","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_b171b77c-875b-48a6-961e-91eda69526c0.jpg?v=1686713005","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780593300282","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}