{"product_id":"the-alchemy-of-paradise-paperback","title":"The Alchemy of Paradise - 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\u003eSusannah M. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A luminous novel told in snippets, \u003ci\u003eThe Alchemy of Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e considers how best to live in the face of loss. [...] Metaphysical and insightful, \u003ci\u003eThe Alchemy of Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e is an innovative novel.\"\u003cb\u003e--Carolyn Wilson-Scott, \u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA curator confronts grief, loss, and mortality by arranging the fragments of her life--objects, memories, impressions--into a fragile order.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in contemporary England, with Venice shimmering at its core, \u003ci\u003eThe Alchemy of Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e follows her attempt to preserve what might otherwise vanish, shaping a collection that makes survival possible. When order fails to yield meaning, she turns to the alchemical, where matter shifts into metaphor and loss becomes transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA novel of ideas told through poetic essays and reflections, \u003ci\u003eThe Alchemy of Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e explores the tension between collecting and transmuting, order and disorder. In the spirit of Walter Benjamin's collections, and in dialogue with writers like W.G. Sebald, Patti Smith, and Leanne Shapton, it meditates on the ways that art and imagination allow us to chart personal maps through the universal yet individual territories of loss. Refusing collapse into despair, \u003ci\u003eThe Alchemy of Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e offers curation itself as a restless, ongoing practice of creation and renewal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 12, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47058925453451,"sku":"9781778430855","price":28.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/x-QViy0lUr9781778430855.webp?v=1779555019","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/the-alchemy-of-paradise-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}