{"product_id":"9780571351800","title":"Dante and the Lobster : Faber Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Beckett, Samuel \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 03\/01\/2019,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 48 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780571351800,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFaber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles. Well, thought Belacqua, it's a quick death, God help us all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Dante and the Lobster' is the first of the linked short stories in Samuel Beckett's first book, More Pricks Than Kicks. Published in 1934, its style was recognisably indebted to that of his mentor, James Joyce, and crammed with linguistic texture and allusion that Beckett later shed. The book baffled many critics and sold so few copies that several batches were pulped.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecades later, this story was hailed as the Nobel Prize-winner's earliest important work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBringing together past, present and future in our ninetieth year, Faber Stories is a celebratory compendium of collectable work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":34372540465196,"sku":"9780571351800","price":4.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780571351800.jpg?v=1759674845","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.pro\/products\/9780571351800","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}