{"product_id":"9781781680865","title":"Lives of Things","description":"Author: Saramago,JosÚ\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781781680865\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 07 May 2013\u003cbr\u003ePages: 1 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCombining bitter satire, outrageous parody and uncanny hallucinations, this collection of Jose Saramago s earliest stories from the beginning of his writing career attests to the novelist s imaginative power and incomparable skill in elaborating the most extravagant fantasies. Each tale is a wicked, surreal take on life under dictatorship- in  Embargo  a man drives around a city that is slowly running out of petrol;  The Chair  recounts what happens when dictator Salazar falls off his chair and dies; in the Kafkaesque  Things  the life of a civil servant is threatened as objects start to go missing.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46616144740510,"sku":"UBD-9781781680865","price":27.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781781680865.jpg?v=1773810261","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781781680865","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}