{"product_id":"the-north-road","title":"The North Road","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781804941393\u003cbr\u003eFormat: B-format paperback\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2026\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eThe highly anticipated major new work from the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eCommon Ground\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A dazzlingly inventive work of literature' Robert Macfarlane, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Old Ways\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A wonderful, epic braiding of history, geography and personal memoir' James Rebanks, author of \u003ci\u003eEnglish Pastoral\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e____________________________________________________________________\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the heart of this book is a highway. The A1; The Great North Road. A 400-mile multiplicity of ancient trackway, Roman road, pilgrim path, coach route and motorway that has run like a backbone through Britain for the last 2,000 years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this genre-defying and profoundly personal book, Cowen follows this ghost road from beginning to end on a journey through history, place, people and time. Weaving his own histories and memories with the layered landscapes he moves through, this is the story of an age, of coming to terms with time past and time passing, and the roads that lead us to where we find ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten in kaleidoscopic prose, The North Road is an unforgettable exploration of Britain's great highway.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_________________________________________________________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Stunning and utterly unique. \u003ci\u003eThe North Road \u003c\/i\u003esits in a genre of one'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Myers, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Gallows Pole\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A dazzling, dogged, layered account of one road's passage through place, time and an ordinary family's history, \u003ci\u003eThe North Road\u003c\/i\u003e truly is a trip' Melissa Harrison\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eauthor\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"RANDOM HOUSE","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41837349011589,"sku":"PR430667","price":34.4,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TT6MUSM8XD9X.jpg?v=1788135050","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.co.nz\/products\/the-north-road","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}