{"product_id":"england-other-stories","title":"England \u0026 Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eA collection of new stories from the Booker-prize winning author of \u003ci\u003eLast Orders\u003c\/i\u003e, and of the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller \u003ci\u003eMothering Sunday.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Meet \u003cb\u003eDr Shah\u003c\/b\u003e, who has never been to India, and\u003cb\u003e Mrs Kaminski\u003c\/b\u003e, on her way to Poland via A\u0026amp;E. Meet \u003cb\u003eHolly \u003c\/b\u003eand\u003cb\u003e Polly\u003c\/b\u003e, who have come to their own Anglo-Irish understanding; \u003cb\u003eCharlie\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eDon\u003c\/b\u003e, who have seen the docks turn into Docklands; \u003cb\u003eDaisy Baker\u003c\/b\u003e, terrified of Yorkshire; and \u003cb\u003eJohnny Dewhurst\u003c\/b\u003e, stranded on Exmoor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Binding these stories together is Graham Swift's affectionate but unflinching instinct for the story of us all: an evocation of that mysterious body that is a nation, deepened by the palpable sense of our individual bodies finding or losing their way in the nationless territory of birth, ageing, sex and death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eMothering Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Bathed in light; and even when tragedy strikes, it blazes irresistibly… Swift’s small fiction feels like a masterpiece’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ‘Alive with sensuousness and sensuality … wonderfully accomplished, it is an achievement’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘From start to finish Swift’s is a novel of stylish brilliance and quiet narrative verve. The archly modulated, precise prose (a hybrid of Henry Green and Kazuo Ishiguro) is a glory to read. Now 66, Swift is a writer at the very top of his game’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘\u003ci\u003eMothering Sunday \u003c\/i\u003eis a powerful, philosophical and exquisitely observed novel about the lives we lead, and the parallel lives – the parallel stories – we can never know … It may just be Swift’s best novel yet’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eObserver\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57317805293950,"sku":"NW9781471137419","price":8.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781471137419.jpg?v=1778702523","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/england-other-stories","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}