{"product_id":"9781784709327","title":"The Doll","description":"Author: Kadare, Ismail\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781784709327\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 16 Mar 2021\u003cbr\u003ePages: 176 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom 'a novelist of dazzling mastery' (\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e) and the winner of the first ever Man Booker International Prize: \u003c\/b\u003ea novel about creative origin and aspiration, inspired by the author's own mother and his childhood in Albania\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYoung Ismail's world centres around his mother.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNaive and fragile as a paper doll, she is an unlikely presence in her husband's imposing house, with its hidden rooms and infamous dungeon. Yet despite her youthful nature, she is not without her own enigmas. Most of all, she fears that her intellectual, radical son will exchange her for a superior mother when he becomes a famous writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the winner of the first ever Man Booker International Prize, this is a disarming story of home and creative ambition, of personal and political freedom. Rooted in the author's own childhood in Albania, it is dedicated to the memory of his mother.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A master storyteller' John Carey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Laconic, sinister and drily funny' \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48191465685150,"sku":"UBD-9781784709327","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781784709327.jpg?v=1787657730","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781784709327","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}