{"product_id":"books-the-pole-and-other-stories-by-jm-coetzee","title":"The Pole and Other Stories","description":"In this beautifully written and compulsively readable story of love and the mutability of human relationships, pianist Witold's infatuation with Beatriz will change them both.  A Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph and Financial Times Book of the Year  ‘Confirms Coetzee as one of the great writers of fiction’ Observer  After his piano recital in Barcelona, Witold Walczykiewicz – white-haired virtuoso, controversial interpreter of Chopin – becomes infatuated with Beatriz, his designated companion at dinner. Beatriz, a stylish patron of the arts, is at first unmoved. But as the stranger’s letters, music, and poetry flood into her home, a dream of love begins that surprises them both.  ‘One of the world’s most original writers… He is still breaking new ground at the same time as revealing a funny side’ i  ‘His prose, apparently simple, is so perfected at every turn that it is moving to read, line after line’ Sunday Times","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53508395303185,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781529920635.jpg?v=1778146003","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-the-pole-and-other-stories-by-jm-coetzee","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}