{"product_id":"9781529920635","title":"The Pole and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eby Coetzee, J.M. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished 17\/10\/2024 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage) in the United Kingdom. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaperback | 272 pages\u003c\/p\u003e127 x 197 x 19mm | 192g\u003chr\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":"Tales on Market Street","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43491382952142,"sku":"9781529920635","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7727\/4318\/files\/9781529920635.jpg?v=1776348228","url":"https:\/\/top-hatandtales.co.uk\/products\/9781529920635","provider":"Top Hat \u0026 Tales","version":"1.0","type":"link"}