{"product_id":"prayer-for-the-living","title":"Ben Okri: Prayer for the Living [2019] hardback","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":"Okri, Ben","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46487113138515,"sku":"9781789544596","price":8.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/okri-ben-ben-okri-prayer-for-the-living-2019-hardback-9781789544596-1153820492.jpg?v=1743623000","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/prayer-for-the-living","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}