{"product_id":"animal-person","title":"Animal Person","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe highly anticipated follow-up to Alexander MacLeod''s critically acclaimed debut, \u003ci\u003eAnimal Person\u003c\/i\u003e is a wry and perfectly-observed collection of short stories about intimacy, family and the struggle to connect\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnimal Person\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of startling juxtapositions. Criminals and bystanders, siblings and strangers, infants, adolescents, young parents, and the elderly, mammals, reptiles and fish: unexpected encounters occur and every meeting is an opportunity for recognition or rejection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn empty-nest couple, separated after years of coexisting, find themselves pulled into the dreams of their silent, gazing rabbit; a mysterious passenger in search of his missing suitcase roams through the caverns of a 1970s LA airport; a piano recital goes wildly astray; and a great-aunt refuses to apologise as she struggles to find a place for everything in the tight space of her senior''s apartment. In the adjoining motel room, a serial killer plans his next move; and a petty argument between two sisters is interrupted by an unexpected visitor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe eight stories in \u003ci\u003eAnimal Person\u003c\/i\u003e are filled with wonder and yearning as MacLeod captures the fleeting intensities that shape all of our lives. MacLeod is a master of the short story form, and this is a collection that beats with raw emotion and shimmers with the complexity of our shared human experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Exquisite...expertly paced and finely observed'' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Excellent... The eight stories, composed in crystalline prose, glimmer and gleam with yearning and loss'' Eithne Farry, \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Tender, funny and ever-surprising'' Lynn Coady\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57313234125182,"sku":"NW9781787332867","price":16.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781787332867.jpg?v=1778591651","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/animal-person","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}