{"product_id":"a-fragment-of-life-paperback","title":"A Fragment of Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eArthur Machen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Fragment of Life\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a quietly subversive and deeply evocative novella by \u003cstrong\u003eArthur Machen\u003c\/strong\u003e, contrasting the drab, soul-crushing routine of modern London life with the profound, mystical truth of the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe story centers on \u003cstrong\u003eEdward Darnell\u003c\/strong\u003e, an ordinary man living a sterile, bureaucratic existence in a suburb of London. Darnell and his wife feel a persistent, unnamed dissatisfaction--a deep, yearning intuition that they are missing something fundamental about life. This feeling is triggered by fleeting, beautiful visions: a glow on a suburban street, a sudden shift in the quality of light, or the sound of an impossible, distant music.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDriven by this profound sense of discontent, Darnell and his wife make a radical decision: they abandon their modern life and move to a remote cottage in the \u003cstrong\u003eWelsh countryside\u003c\/strong\u003e. There, they begin to shed their urban identities and immerse themselves in the deep, ancient soul of the land.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Fragment of Life\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a beautiful, melancholic, and ultimately hopeful work of weird fiction. It inverts Machen's usual horror, suggesting that while the ancient world holds terror, it also holds the promise of a glorious, ecstatic truth that can liberate the soul from the prison of the mundane.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.23 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 29, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50345957884141,"sku":"9781528704175","price":23.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/0pqRgN827U9781528704175.webp?v=1785215713","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-ca\/products\/a-fragment-of-life-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}