{"product_id":"9781101874189","title":"England and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the Booker Prize–winning author of \u003ci\u003eLast Orders \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Wish You Were Here,\u003c\/i\u003e his first new book of short fiction in nearly thirty years: beautifully crafted, piercingly observant stories that unite into a richly peopled vision of a country that is both a crucible of history and a maze of contemporary confusions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet Dr. Shah who has never been to India, and Mrs. Kaminski, on her way to Poland; meet Holly and Polly, who have come to their own Anglo-Irish understanding, and Charlie and Don, who have seen the docks turn into Docklands; Daisy Baker, who is terrified of Yorkshire; and Johnny Dewhurst, stranded on Exmoor. Graham Swift steers us effortlessly from the seventeenth century to the present day, from world-shaking events to the secret dramas lived out in rooms, workplaces, homes. With these open-eyed, eloquent and often comic stories, Swift charts a human geography that moves us profoundly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47035309818096,"sku":"9781101874189","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101874189_p0.jpg?v=1763689652","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101874189","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}