{"product_id":"9781529920635-the-pole-and-other-stories","title":"The Pole and Other Stories","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Confirms Coetzee as one of the great writers of fiction’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eObserver\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘One of the world’s most original writers… He is still breaking new ground at the same time as revealing a funny side’ \u003ci\u003ei\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘His prose, apparently simple, is so perfected at every turn that it is moving to read, line after line’ \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41608331133025,"sku":"9781529920635","price":8.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27229666.jpg?v=1721590757","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529920635-the-pole-and-other-stories","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}