The Pole and Other Stories
€15.00
Product Information
| ISBN | 9781529920635 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J.M. Coetzee |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.192 |
| Publishing Date | 17/10/2024 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €14.15 |
| Tax | €0.85 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €15.00 |
| Availability | +20 units in external warehouse |
Product 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