{"product_id":"venus-vanishing-by-rebecca-birrell","title":"Venus, Vanishing by Rebecca Birrell","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlisteringly passionate this is a  debut novel of desire, art, and the stories lost to the darkness of history. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBerlin, 1928. Hannah is new to the pleasures and freedoms of the city.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe is a fledgling artist, a runaway, building a new life for herself in its galleries and clubs, and, at last, loving without boundaries. But soon the party will be coming to an end. A consuming affair with her patron, Elke – the imperious wife of a powerful man – is reckless, yet life-changing, and it threatens to do more than ruin both of their reputations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAround them, people are disappearing. The shadows of something unspeakable are growing darker in the city. Hannah’s art could be the thing that secures her survival – or denies her any chance of escape.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A radiant vision of art against evil . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea bold, moving novel' - Megan Hunter, author of Days of Light'Wonderful. Alive with a deep, resonant tenderness' - Elizabeth O'Connor, author of Whale Fall'Extraordinary. I didn't want it to end' - Doireann Ní Ghríofa, author of A Ghost in the Throat. 'Gripping, gorgeously written . .. I couldn't put it down' - Joanna Quinn, author of The Whalebone Theatre'This vivid novel of 1930s Berlin asks what it means to make art in an emergency' - Eleanor Catton, author of Birnam Wood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat:Hardback 384 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher:Pan Macmillan\u003cbr\u003eImprint:Picador\u003cbr\u003eISBN:9781035085767\u003cbr\u003ePublished:16 Jul 2026\u003cbr\u003eClassifications:Of specific Lesbian interest, Historical romance, Historical fiction, Fiction: special features, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, The Holocaust\u003cbr\u003eWeight:490g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wave of Nostalgia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65207974101341,"sku":null,"price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/8838\/2301\/files\/9781035085767.jpg?v=1783605848","url":"https:\/\/waveofnostalgia.co.uk\/products\/venus-vanishing-by-rebecca-birrell","provider":"Wave of Nostalgia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}