{"product_id":"9781529920635","title":"The Pole and Other Stories","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":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54819611476344,"sku":"9781529920635","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9781529920635.jpg?v=1732209841","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9781529920635","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}