{"product_id":"open-up-1","title":"Open Up","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA GRANTA BEST YOUNG BRITISH NOVELIST 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Brilliant, funny, unsettling. . . Thomas Morris is a master of the contemporary short story’ \u003c\/b\u003eSALLY ROONEY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘With precision, wry humour and a generous heart, Morris visits life''s agonies and ecstasies.’\u003c\/b\u003e NATHAN FILER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A fierce and tender suite of stories’ \u003c\/b\u003eLUCY CALDWELL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Thomas Morris is incredibly gifted within the form. It’s so heartening to read his work.’ \u003c\/b\u003eSARAH HALL \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Funny, sad, complex, unexpected, and worthy of multiple readings.’ \u003c\/b\u003eJON MCGREGOR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Pleasurably off-kilter, gently acerbic and sadly wise’ \u003c\/b\u003eCOLIN BARRETT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe new collection from a literary star – five achingly tender, innovative and dazzling stories of (dis)connection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom a child attending his first football match, buoyed by secret magic, and a wincingly humane portrait of adolescence, to the perplexity of grief and loss through the eyes of a seahorse, Thomas Morris seeks to find grace, hope and benevolence in the churning tumult of self-discovery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhilosophically acute. Wincingly humane. Strikingly original. This outstanding suite of stories is bursting with a bracing emotional depth. \u003ci\u003eOpen Up\u003c\/i\u003e cracks the heart as it expands the short story form.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eWe Don’t Know What We’re Doing\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Heart-hurtingly acute, laugh-out-loud funny, and one of the most satisfying collections I’ve read for years.’\u003c\/b\u003e ALI SMITH, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e ''Books of the Year''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Masterly. . .  marvellous grace and wit.'' \u003c\/b\u003ePHILIP HENSHER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''That tonic gift, the sense of truth - the sense of transparency that permits us to see imaginary lives more clearly than we see our own''. \u003c\/b\u003eT\u003cb\u003ehe tonic comes in large doses in Thomas Morris''s debut short-story collection.’\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Morris’s fresh, direct writing style feels brand new.’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eMetro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Radiant’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57394357338494,"sku":"NW9780571317042","price":11.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780571317042.jpg?v=1778679130","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/open-up-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}