{"product_id":"winter-in-the-air-9780571375462","title":"Winter in the Air","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis Christmas, bask in these 'diminutive masterpieces' (\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e) by the English genius behind \u003ci\u003eLolly Willowes\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"One of our finest writers.\" -- Neil Gaiman\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"One of the most shamefully under-read great British authors of the past 100 years. \" -- Sarah Waters\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Diminutive masterpieces ... Hand yourself over to be enchanted.\"\u003c\/b\u003e -- \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Extraordinary, lucid wildness.\" -- Helen MacDonald\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDecades after her divorce, a lady returns to the village of her tumultuous marriage. A railway carriage hosts a charged schoolboy encounter. A murder raises fears of blackmail. A woman waits anxiously in a café before eloping to Paris. Another steals a friend's kitchen knife. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn these bittersweet tales, the author of \u003ci\u003eLolly Willowes\u003c\/i\u003e reveals her mastery of the short story, celebrated by the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003efor decades. \u003cb\u003eSylvia Townsend Warner\u003c\/b\u003e is a tragicomic chronicler of the heart's entanglements, from marriages and affairs to widowhood; and a champion of outsiders, whether single women, the elderly or wartime refugees. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWitty and subversive, her stories meld tradition and transgression, with secret sins and fetishes as much a feature of English life as eccentric aunts, country houses and parish churches.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/24\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780571375462\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Sylvia Townsend Warner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42530999566517,"sku":"9780571375462","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_60f1cb2a-50cc-41ce-8e8f-a6cc04108cfc.jpg?v=1669734889","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/winter-in-the-air-9780571375462","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}