{"product_id":"perfect-architect-9780956012524","title":"Perfect Architect","description":"\u003csection\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDisgrifiad Cymraeg \/ Welsh Description\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePensaer oedd Charles, gŵr Gaia. Caiff sioc enfawr wrth ddarganfod llythyrau caru yn dilyn ei farwolaeth sydyn. Aiff ati i drefnu cystadleuaeth i ddylunio ei chartref delfrydol, gan ddewis y cystadleuwyr o ymysg rhai o brif wrthwynebwyr ei gŵr. Mae'r broses yn ei chyflwyno i ffrindiau newydd ac yn wers anodd ar obsesiwn serchol ac artistig.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\u003csection\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDisgrifiad Saesneg \/ English Description\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGaia's husband Charles was an architect. Having discovered love letters after Charles's sudden death, Gaia is knocked back hard. She sets about organising a competition to design her perfect home, choosing the competitors from among her husband's former adversaries. The process gains her new friends and hard but rewarding lessons on the nature of erotic and artistic obsession.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\u003ch3\u003eManylion y cynnyrch \/ Product details\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN 13\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e9780956012524\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGwales Code\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003egwales.com.9780956012524\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGwerthwr \/ Vendor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eCyngor Llyfrau Cymru\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLong Title\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003ePerfect Architect\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAwdur \/ Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eJoso, Jayne\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCurrent Price ex VAT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e£8.99\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCurrent Price inc VAT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e£8.99\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvailability Status (EN)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eAvailable\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvailability Status (CY)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eAr gael\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDyddiad cyhoeddi \/ Publication Date\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e2011-05-03\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCyhoeddwr \/ Publisher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eY Lolfa\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedia Type (EN)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedia Type (CY)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eClawr meddal\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e192 pages\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e140 × 215 mm\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage Code\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eEnglish\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCategori \/ Category\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eCY: Nofelau a Storïau ar Gyfer Oedolion (yn Saesneg) | EN: Adult Fiction and Stories (in English)\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs-gategori \/ Subcategory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eCY: Ffuglen Lenyddol a Chyffredinol (yn Saesneg) | EN: General and Literary Fiction (in English)\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\u003csection\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBywgraffiad yr Awdur \/ Author Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJayne Joso is passionate about writing both fiction and drama. Her first play was commissioned in celebration of China’s Children’s Day, and her first novel, Soothing Music for Stray Cats , published by Alcemi in 2009, was predicted by the Times Literary Supplement to be ‘one of the great, eccentric London novels'. She is also author of the children’s book ‘How do you Feel?’, and has recently finished working on a new play for adults called I Fed the Birds . Joso has a huge fascination with Architecture which developed largely from her time living in Japan and China; she has written for publications such as Architecture Today magazine and German publisher, Prestel Art; she draws on her encounters with the world of the star architect for this, her second novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\u003csection\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAdolygiad y Cyhoeddwr \/ Publisher Review\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A work of stunning orginality and deftness of prose in which Jayne Joso explores what becomes of the broken hearted with delicate skill and rare empathy.\" Cathi Unsworth Set in the dazzling and eccentric world of star architects, Perfect Architect follows the journey of Gaia Ore, the widow of one of the world’s most famous and successful architects. Following her husband’s death, Gaia finds a bundle of letters from another woman, Seline, and determines to find out more about her. This however, unwittingly opens out Gaia’s route to recovery from grief and from what she will later acknowledge was an empty and fruitless marriage. Through her friendship with an older woman she gradually regains her confidence and eventually decides to build her own dream home. Out of her own respect and passion for the work of great architects, Gaia embarks on a competition and invites a small number of her late husband’s adversaries to bid for this commission. Through the competition, the novel opens out onto a broad tapestry of architectural styles and cultures; we see each candidate designing in their home county, allowing the novel to flow between Spain, Italy, the US and the UK, and their own and varied influences: Oriental, Greek, Modern European. There is an intricately interwoven subplot involving Gaia’s postman Tom, who appears to have been one of the only close friends of her late, and highly misanthropic husband. Tom's family provides the necessary counter to the extraordinary lives of the Alpha male architects and adds to an already vivid array of characters, voices, and warmth. As Gaia finds her way to recovery, she enters her new vigorous role as architect of this grand competition. She finally emerges with her intellectual strength renewed and her faith restored in friendship and the kindness of others, most notably Tom, the older woman, and a particular architect with enough charisma for several. By the end, and with the competition at its climax, a rather shy and unassuming Gaia is architect again of her own life, now mapping out a fresh curiosity and confidence in both the romantic and erotic. With controlled shifting viewpoints not unlike Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway, this novel moves towards an uplifting and celebratory ending. A life-affirming read filled with warmth, great characterisation and humour, about the nature of erotic and artistic obsession and the quest to find the right place, be that geographical, physical, material or psychological.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58819077570934,"sku":"9780956012524","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0041\/5340\/9585\/files\/9780956012524.jpg?v=1790347567","url":"https:\/\/www.siopypentan.co.uk\/products\/perfect-architect-9780956012524","provider":"Siop Y Pentan","version":"1.0","type":"link"}