{"product_id":"scenes-from-early-life-pb-z49","title":"Philip Hensher: Scenes from Early Life [2013] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize, this is the new novel from the author of 'King of the Badgers' and the Man Booker-shortlisted 'The Northern Clemency'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003e\"I was a baby during the war. We stayed inside for months. All my aunts took turns in feeding me. I couldn't be heard to cry. You see, there were soldiers in the streets. They would have known what a crying baby meant. So I had to be kept silent. No, not everyone came out of the war alive.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eOne family's life, and a nation - Bangladesh - are uniquely created through conversation, sacrifice, songs, bonds, blood, bravery and jokes. Narrated by a young boy born into a savage civil war, 'Scenes from Early Life' is a heartbreaking, funny and gripping novel by one of our finest writers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hensher, Philip","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46595812262227,"sku":"9780007450107","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/hensher-philip-philip-hensher-scenes-from-early-life-2013-paperback-9780007450107-58021848416595.jpg?v=1747243894","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/scenes-from-early-life-pb-z49","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}