{"product_id":"9780861544721","title":"Solito : The New York Times Bestseller","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Zamora, Javier\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eUSA\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 10 August 2023 by Oneworld Publications in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 400 pages\u003cbr\u003e128 x 198 x 33 | 346g\u003cp\u003eA TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR'Solito is my travel book of the year.' Telegraph'Heartbreaking… A rare, eye-opening rendition of the brutal reality of border-crossing.' Lea Ypi‘If there’s any justice, Solito will someday be considered a classic.’ Rumaan AlamYoung Javier dreams of eating orange sherbet ice cream with his parents in the United States. For this to happen, he must embark on a three-thousand-mile journey alone. It should last only two weeks. But it takes seven.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn limbo, Javier learns what people will do to survive – and what they will forfeit to save someone else. This is a memoir of perilous boat trips, relentless desert treks, and pointed guns. But it is also a story of tasting tacos for the first time, of who passes you their water jug in the crippling heat, and of longing to be in your mother’s arms.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zamora, Javier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52388953751736,"sku":"9780861544721","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9780861544721.jpg?v=1765900014","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9780861544721","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}