{"product_id":"prayer-for-the-living-1","title":"Prayer for the Living","description":"Topical and timely, Booker Prize-winning author Ben Okri's new collection of short stories blur parallel realities and walk the line between darkness and magic. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIs what you see all there is? Look again. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlayful, frightening, even shocking\u003c\/b\u003e - the stories in this collection blur the lines between \u003cb\u003eillusion and reality\u003c\/b\u003e. This is a writer at the height of his power, making the reader think, making them laugh, and sometimes making them want to look away while holding their gaze. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStories here are set in London, in Byzantium, in the ghetto, in the Andes, in a printer's shop in Spain. The characters include a murderer, a writer, a detective, a man in a cave, a man in a mirror, two little boys, a prison door, and the author himself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are twenty-three stories in all. Each one will make you wonder if what you see in the world is all there is... \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wordsworth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40306937036978,"sku":"1789544602","price":350.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/products\/103857_611e58a568a326.03806390_9781789544602.jpg?v=1643070582","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/prayer-for-the-living-1","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}