{"product_id":"9780241965603","title":"Abroad","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brilliantly funny original short story from Booker Prize winning author Penelope Lively.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Anyone artistic needed Abroad in the 1950s.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul and his girlfriend are artists in need of subject matter. Arresting, evocative subject matter. So they decide to go Abroad, as much as possible, for as long as possible. Because Abroad is full of well furnished scenery. Particularly peasants. Real, earthy, traditional peasants. Except you shouldn't really call them peasants should you? 'Country people'. Abroad is full of country people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this funny, deftly written short story, Penelope Lively satirises an arty student of the 50s, a precursor of the gap year traveller, who hasn't learnt as much from her time Abroad as she likes to think . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePenelope Lively is the author of many prize-winning novels and short-story collections for both adults and children. She has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize: once in 1977 for her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Road to Lichfield\u003c\/i\u003e, and again in 1984 for \u003ci\u003eAccording to Mark\u003c\/i\u003e. She later won the 1987 Booker Prize for her highly acclaimed novel \u003ci\u003eMoon Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e. Her other books include \u003ci\u003eGoing Back\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eJudgement Day\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eNext to Nature, Art\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePerfect Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePassing On\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eCity of the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eCleopatra's Sister\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHeat Wave\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Blue Mountains\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of short stories; \u003ci\u003eOleander, Jacaranda\u003c\/i\u003e, a memoir of her childhood days in Egypt; \u003ci\u003eSpiderweb\u003c\/i\u003e; her autobiographical work, \u003ci\u003eA House Unlocked\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Photograph\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMaking It Up\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eConsequences\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eFamily Album\u003c\/i\u003e, which was shortlisted for the 2009 Costa Novel Award, and \u003ci\u003eHow It All Began\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a popular writer for children and has won both the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Award. She was appointed CBE in the 2001 New Year's Honours List, and DBE in 2012. Penelope Lively lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47169149599984,"sku":"9780241965603","price":4.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780241965603_p0.jpg?v=1763679789","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780241965603","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}