{"product_id":"9781529920635","title":"The Pole and Other Stories","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Coetzee, J.M. \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 17 October 2024 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 272 pages\u003cbr\u003e127 x 197 x 19 | 194g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this beautifully written and compulsively readable story of love and the mutability of human relationships, pianist Witold's infatuation with Beatriz will change them both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph and Financial Times Book of the Year‘Confirms Coetzee as one of the great writers of fiction’ ObserverAfter his piano recital in Barcelona, Witold Walczykiewicz – white-haired virtuoso, controversial interpreter of Chopin – becomes infatuated with Beatriz, his designated companion at dinner. Beatriz, a stylish patron of the arts, is at first unmoved. But as the stranger’s letters, music, and poetry flood into her home, a dream of love begins that surprises them both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘One of the world’s most original writers… He is still breaking new ground at the same time as revealing a funny side’ i‘His prose, apparently simple, is so perfected at every turn that it is moving to read, line after line’ Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Mold","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53622541975928,"sku":"9781529920635","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0277\/7802\/3522\/files\/9781529920635_ce7f21ff-c594-47d9-b27b-d6085b7a9e22.jpg?v=1773925876","url":"https:\/\/www.mold-bookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781529920635","provider":"The Bookshop. Mold.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}