{"product_id":"9780349146416","title":"A Cage Went in Search of a Bird","description":"Author: Ali Smith\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780349146416\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 28 May 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 256 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of brand-new short stories written by prize-winning, bestselling writers and inspired by Kafka - published to commemorate the centenary of his death\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Chosen as a 2024 highlight in the \u003ci\u003eGuardian,\u003c\/i\u003e the\u003ci\u003e Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew European\u003c\/i\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFranz Kafka is widely regarded as one of the great geniuses of twentieth-century literature. What happens when some of the most original literary minds of today take an idea, a mood or a line from his work and use it to spark something new?\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom a future society who ask their AI servants to construct a giant tower to reach God; to a flat hunt that descends into a comically absurd bureaucratic nightmare; to a population experiencing a wave of unbearable, contagious panic attacks, these ten specially commissioned stories are by turns mind-bending, funny, unsettling and haunting. Inspired by the visionary imagination of a writer working one hundred years ago, they speak powerfully to the strangeness of being alive today.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46482609930398,"sku":"ADS-9780349146416","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780349146416.jpg?v=1770350923","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780349146416","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}