{"product_id":"9780571351770","title":"The Inner Room : Faber Stories","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Aickman, Robert\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFiction \u0026amp; related items\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 3 January 2019 by FABER \u0026amp; FABER as part of 'the Faber Stories' series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 80 pages\u003cbr\u003e115 x 159 x 4 | 68g\u003cp\u003eFaber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles. In perhaps the most magnificent of what he called his 'strange stories', Robert Aickman blurs the lines between memory, premonition and the hallucinated life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLene, a woman now recovering from the losses of the Second World War, recalls a gothic dolls' house of her childhood and the way in which its uncanny inhabitants entered her dreams. Most chillingly, the geometries of the house didn't add up; there had to be a secret room inside it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYears later, she comes across a life-size version in a wood not marked on any map . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBringing together past, present and future in our ninetieth year, Faber Stories is a celebratory compendium of collectable work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aickman, Robert","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42465540735160,"sku":"9780571351770","price":4.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9780571351770.jpg?v=1734692180","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9780571351770","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}