{"product_id":"9780571356904","title":"Let the Old Dead Make Room for the Young Dead : Faber Stories","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Kundera, Milan\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFiction \u0026amp; related items\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 17 October 2019 by FABER \u0026amp; FABER in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Faber Stories' series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 48 pages\u003cbr\u003e113 x 161 x 3 | 46g\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. A chance encounter leads a man to spend the afternoon with an older woman, now a widow, who escaped him fifteen years earlier. Neither of them doubts that the day will end in disgust, but for one intimate moment each finds a way to overcome mortality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in 1969, before Milan Kundera was known to English-speaking readers, this story renders male and female characters painful equals, and prompted Philip Roth to admire its 'detached Chekhovian tenderness'.\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":"Kundera, Milan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42465542996152,"sku":"9780571356904","price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9780571356904.jpg?v=1734736044","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9780571356904","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}