{"product_id":"9781668097083","title":"Only a Little While Here : A Novel - Maria Ospina","description":"Winner of the Sor Juana In�s de la Cruz Prize  Winner of Colombia's National Novel Award This prizewinning novel interweaves four animal odysseys in a gripping, adventurous meditation on migration and displacement in the inextricable human and natural worlds. In Only a Little While Here, award-winning author Mar�a Ospina evokes the gratification to be found through close, humble observation of nature. With characteristic precision and intensity, Ospina trains our attention on the lives of five creatures: a migratory songbird dazzled by city lights, an orphaned porcupine saved by kindness, two dogs grieving the loss of their human companions, and a determined beetle transported to a vast, unimaginable world. The surprising drama of their lives reveals the fragility and power of belonging, and what it means to create-or lose-a home. Along the way, our narrator models the attentiveness needed to mend the rift between humans and non-human creatures and celebrates animals' often-overlooked status as witnesses of our shared world. Alive with eagle-eyed curiosity, Only a Little While Here is ecological fiction at its most soul stirring.","brand":"Maria Ospina","offers":[{"title":"224 pages \/ 07\/05\/2026 \/ Modern \u0026 contemporary fiction (post c 1945)","offer_id":57110555394423,"sku":"9781668097083","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/9454\/1624\/files\/9781668097083.jpg?v=1779380286","url":"https:\/\/gulpfictionbooks.com\/products\/9781668097083","provider":"Gulp Fiction","version":"1.0","type":"link"}