{"product_id":"9780141042596-my-fathers-tears-and-other-stories","title":"My Father's Tears and Other Stories","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA collection of stories from the author's final years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Updike was a master storyteller, and this collection, from his final years, reveals that up to the end he remained the finest short-story writer of his generation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Magnificent, exhilarating, crisply evocative, rippling with irony. Updike's genius can be seen on peak form. With this book, a talent that burnt brightly goes out in a blaze of brilliance'  \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A haunting valedictory alive with characteristic preoccupations: small-town life; \"domestic duplicity\"; travel; aging rituals; and the transience of existence. This is a collection filled with nuanced observations, descriptive flair and sentences that stop you in your tracks'  \u003ci\u003eMetro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450641461622,"sku":"9780141042596","price":9.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32392739.jpg?v=1760453681","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141042596-my-fathers-tears-and-other-stories","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}