{"product_id":"9781786295989","title":"The Urn - Ten Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Urn by Malcolm Menzies is a collection of ten tales, all different but all linked by the description of varying aspects of the human condition.Set in different eras and locations - the Spanish Civil War, the Manchester Peterloo Massacre, post-war Liverpool, the Peruvian Shining Path - and each an adventure in its own right, these ten stories appear at first unconnected but in fact, as the reader progresses, there is a subtle and almost imperceptible thread that runs through them all, that of mans' struggle with life. Love, loss, passion, injustice and fate: all are apparent in this series of well-contrasted tableaux, each contributing insights into the lives of their defining characters and our own. With economical and atmospheric scene-setting and judicious deployment of narrative twists and turns, Malcolm Menzies proves a master of the difficult art of short story writing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Austin-Macauley Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47064083792112,"sku":"9781786295989","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781786295989_p0.jpg?v=1763729342","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781786295989","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}