{"product_id":"9780349012964","title":"The Collected Stories of Shirley Hazzard","description":"Author: Shirley Hazzard\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780349012964\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 27 Apr 2021\u003cbr\u003ePages: 368 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCOLLECTED STORIES includes both volumes of National Book Award-winning author Shirley Hazzard's short story collections - \u003ci\u003eCliffs of Fall\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePeople in Glass Houses - \u003c\/i\u003ealongside uncollected works and two previously unpublished stories.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Twenty-eight works of short fiction in all, Shirley Hazzard's \u003ci\u003eCollected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is a work of staggering breadth and talent. Taken together, Hazzard's short stories are masterworks in telescoping focus, 'at once surgical and symphonic' (\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e), ranging from quotidian struggles between beauty and pragmatism to satirical sendups of international bureaucracy, from the Italian countryside to suburban Connecticut. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In an interview, Hazzard once said, 'The idea that somebody has expressed something, in a supreme way, that it can be expressed; this is, I think, an enormous feature of literature'. Her stories themselves are a supreme evocation of writing at its very best: probing, uncompromising and deeply felt.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46491594260638,"sku":"ADS-9780349012964","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780349012964.jpg?v=1770594625","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780349012964","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}