{"product_id":"9780702235948","title":"The End of the World","description":"Author: O'Reilly, Paddy\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780702235948\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: University of Queensland Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 02 Apr 2007\u003cbr\u003ePages: 240 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sparkling collection of award-winning short stories\u003c\/b\u003e Stylistically varied and enlivened by a wry, dark humour, this collection shows Paddy O'Reilly living up to the promise shown in her debut novel \u003ci\u003eThe Factory\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e With subtlety and assurance, O'Reilly creates narrative voices and situations spanning a broad range of experience - an alien visitor who communicates in the language of romance, a woman waiting for her death, a case of confused identity, and the sour taste of relationships lost or abandoned. O'Reilly's characters are at once defiant and accepting, curious and bewildered. From Japan to suburban Australia, and onto a place where larger, odder things are possible, \u003ci\u003eThe End of the World\u003c\/i\u003e plays with our perceptions of reality.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48135609516190,"sku":"UBD-9780702235948","price":23.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780702235948.jpg?v=1786625793","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780702235948","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}