{"product_id":"astronaut-by-oana-aristide","title":"Astronaut! By Oana Aristide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished: 26\/03\/2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Part thriller, part fable, this is fascinating, funny and very moving - highly recommended.' - GUARDIAN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Brilliant, compulsive and thrilling. I will be reading this book again!' - Alice Winn, author of \u003ci\u003eIN MEMORIAM\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'One of the best novels I've read this year.' - Joanna Quinn, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Whalebone Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'You will love this book!' - Jennifer Croft, translator of \u003ci\u003eFlights\u003c\/i\u003e by Olga Tokarczuk and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Extinction of Irena Rey\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e~ ~ ~\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRomania, 1989: a grey place of mysterious queues, ubiquitous informers and daily news flashes about a man-eating bear that is terrorising the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmidst the daily drudge of work, rationing and careful conversation with neighbours, two lives unexpectedly collide when an idealistic police detective, Constantin, is tasked with solving a string of grisly murders, and a rebellious school child, Lia, is unwittingly drawn into her elderly neighbour's seditious plot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDryly satirical, incredibly tense and deeply moving, ASTRONAUT! is both a detective novel and a coming-of-age tale, one with a perennially relevant message: the lies we accept today become the truths of tomorrow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore praise for ASTRONAUT!:\u003cbr\u003e'Had me on the edge of my seat' - Kenan Orhan, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Renovation\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'If Solzhenitsyn and Hans Christian Andersen had had literary offspring, it might be Oana Aristide.' - Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Estrangement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Completely absorbing.' - Georgina Godwin, broadcaster and literary journalist\u003cbr\u003e'With dark, bone-dry wit [. . . ] \u003ci\u003eAstronaut!\u003c\/i\u003e is quite unlike anything else so far this year.' - IRISH TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"publisher-information\" class=\"pdp-spec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePublisher information\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublisher: \u003cspan\u003eHeadline Publishing Group\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eISBN: \u003cspan\u003e9781035420827\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNumber of pages: \u003cspan\u003e272\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDimensions: \u003cspan\u003e232 x 152 x 22 mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeight: \u003cspan\u003e340 g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLanguage: \u003cspan\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Starlight Library","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":67581623337273,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"IQD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0951\/4624\/6457\/files\/81vZ0nWRhZL._SL1500.jpg?v=1790937618","url":"https:\/\/starlightlibrary.shop\/products\/astronaut-by-oana-aristide","provider":"Starlight Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}