{"product_id":"9781916751316","title":"Dreaming of Dead People","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Belben, Rosalind \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 5 August 2025 by And Other Stories in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 144 pages, Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e197 x 130 x 17 | 188g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the ‘middle of life’ – although this is only thirty-six – and with the unsparing eye of a portraitist, Lavinia reviews her frustrations and her solitariness, the grief and the rapture: these are her seeming companions in a pageant presided over, as it were, by the medieval masks of Owl, signifying winter, and Cuckoo, for erotic love. In attendance are dreams of rustic places and once-dear animals. But it is no ordinary procession, for her childhood comes last. The idiosyncratic Dreaming of Dead People was first published in 1979, yet remains as surprising as ever: it is frank, mordantly funny, true to itself and raw.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘By turns shimmering and disquieting, Belben's exceptional voice deserves a resurgence.’ Irenosen Okojie‘If the world includes Rosalind Belben and her words it cannot be considered an altogether regrettable place to be.’ Harry Mathews‘A beautiful work . . . it says a great deal about the world we live in . . . more life-like and more alive than most fiction.’ Michael Hamburger on Is Beauty Good\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55491216048514,"sku":"9781916751316","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9781916751316.jpg?v=1753742034","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.pro\/products\/9781916751316","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}