{"product_id":"openings-9780571382767","title":"Openings","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''One of the finest short-storywriters at work today. These stories are honest, finely nuanced and indelible.'\u003cbr\u003eWENDY ERSKINE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''One of our best short story writers.'' \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou'll lose yourself in this collection and, most likely, find yourself too. Each story is a masterclass.''\u003cbr\u003eJAN CARSON\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe much-anticipated new collection from the BBC National Short Story Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eMultitudes\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIntimacies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI still sometimes wonder if one could draw a window in the wall, or in the air, and step through it together. To somewhere else, entirely new.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom a highly charged Christmas party in Belfast to a passionate affair in Blitz-era London, to a trip to Marrakech which could form a new family, the thirteen striking stories of Openings pulse with possibility and illuminate those fleeting but recognisable moments of heartbreak and hope that can change the course of a life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt takes a writer as subtle, compassionate and clear-eyed as Caldwell to track the hidden forces that work upon us, to illuminate our secret selves. This is prose that liberates.'\u003cbr\u003eCLAIRE KILROY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaldwell has a glorious skill for creating narratives in which every element works in perfect tandem.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018307043671,"sku":"9780571382767","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780571382767.jpg?v=1750776372","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/openings-9780571382767","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}