{"product_id":"9780571309337","title":"Winter in the Air: And Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinter in the Air comprises eighteen short stores written between 1938 and 1955. Despite the time span Sylvia Townsend Warner's biographer, Claire Harman, considers this collection the first 'to seem all-of-a-piece - not unvarious, but more controlled.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough better known as a novelist, it is debateable whether that medium saw her at her best. Her short stories are invariably good, compassionate and with a leavening of wit which is, by turns, deeply comical and wryly ironic. Her reputation in this field needs reviving and to assist that Faber Finds are reissuing four volumes of her short stories: \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinter in the Air\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Spirit Rises\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Stranger with a Bag\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eScenes of Childhood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stories in \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinter in the Air\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e are: \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinter in the Air\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHee-Haw!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Children's Grandmother\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Priestess of Delphi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAt the Trafalgar Bakery\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShadwell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnder New Management\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAt a Monkey's Breast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbsolom, My Son\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Kitchen Knife\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUncle Blair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmil\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIdenborough\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Funeral at Clovie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Passing Weakness; The Reredos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Second Visit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber and Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47103649546480,"sku":"9780571309337","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780571309337_p0.jpg?v=1763719391","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780571309337","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}