{"product_id":"9781789544619","title":"Prayer for the Living","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Okri, Ben, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 05\/08\/2020,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 240 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Head of Zeus,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Head of Zeus,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Short stories\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781789544619\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eTopical and timely, Booker Prize-winning author Ben Okri's new collection of short stories blur parallel realities and walk the line between darkness and magic. Is what you see all there is? Look again. Playful, frightening, even shocking - the stories in this collection blur the lines between illusion and reality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a writer at the height of his power, making the reader think, making them laugh, and sometimes making them want to look away while holding their gaze.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStories here are set in London, in Byzantium, in the ghetto, in the Andes, in a printer's shop in Spain. The characters include a murderer, a writer, a detective, a man in a cave, a man in a mirror, two little boys, a prison door, and the author himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are twenty-three stories in all. Each one will make you wonder if what you see in the world is all there is...\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35547803451545,"sku":"9781789544619","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781789544619.jpg?v=1601400585","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781789544619","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}