{"product_id":"9781529920635","title":"The Pole and Other Stories - J.M. Coetzee","description":"\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. A 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. `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":"J.M. Coetzee","offers":[{"title":"272 pages \/ 17\/10\/2024 \/ Modern \u0026 contemporary fiction (post c 1945)","offer_id":57157921341815,"sku":"9781529920635","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/9454\/1624\/files\/9781529920635.jpg?v=1780995515","url":"https:\/\/gulpfictionbooks.com\/products\/9781529920635","provider":"Gulp Fiction","version":"1.0","type":"link"}