{"product_id":"lunatics-lovers-and-poets","title":"Lunatics, Lovers and Poets","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'The lunatic, the lover, and the poet,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eare of imagination all compact.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- William Shakespeare, \u003ci\u003eA Midsummer Night's Dream\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo commemorate the 400th anniversary of the deaths of William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes, And Other Stories and Hay Festival have selected twelve contemporary international authors to each write an original and previously unpublished story as their tribute to these giants of world literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn order to celebrate the international influence of both writers and offer us new and intriguing perspectives on them, six English-speaking authors have taken inspiration from Cervantes and his work, while six Spanish-language authors have written stories inspired by Shakespeare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors are Ben Okri, Deborah Levy, Kamila Shamsie, Yuri Herrera, Marcos Giralt Torrente, Juan Gabriel Vasquez, Vicente Molina Foix, Soledad Puertolas, Hisham Matar, Nell Leyshon, Rhidian Brook and Valeria Luiselli. An introduction by Salman Rushdie explores the liberating legacy of Cervantes and Shakespeare for contemporary fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"And Other Stories","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43703761895602,"sku":"9781908276780","price":149.01,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/products\/410174_65d3fe1c912e15.63162210_9781908276780.jpg?v=1708405803","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/lunatics-lovers-and-poets","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}