{"product_id":"servants-of-the-map","title":"Andrea Barrett: Servants of the Map [2003] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eA national hardback bestseller in the US - another magnificently imagined and executed book of historical fiction with a contemporary twist, from one of the masters of the form. 'These stories possess a wonderful clarity and ease, the serene authority of a writer working at the very height of her powers.' New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eRanging across two centuries, and from the western Himalayas to an Adirondack village, Servants of the Map travels the territories of yearning and awakening, of loss and unexpected discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eA mapper of the highest mountain peaks, engaged on the trigonometrical measurement of British India, realizes his true obsession while in deflationary correspondence with his far-off wife. A young woman afire with scientific curiosity must come to terms with a romantic fantasy. Brothers and sisters, torn apart at an early age, are beset by dreams of reunion. Throughout, Barrett's most characteristic theme - the happenings in that borderland between science and desire - unfolds in the diverse lives of unforgettable human beings.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barrett, Andrea","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":48149652504915,"sku":"XG80007139927","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/barrett-andrea-servants-of-the-map-xg80007139927-55953573118291.jpg?v=1726652472","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/servants-of-the-map","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}