{"product_id":"winter","title":"Winter (Seasonal Quartet #2)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the Baileys Prize-winning, Man Booker-shortlisted author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/jackets.dmmserver.com\/media\/640\/97802419\/9780241973332.jpg\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAutumn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.pro\/products\/how-to-be-both?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=7216891c1\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow To Be Both\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e comes the unmissable second novel in Ali Smith's acclaimed 'Seasonal' quartet.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinter? Bleak. Earth as iron, water as stone, so the old song goes. But winter makes things visible. And Christmas is a time for family reunions, unexpected guests and evergreen truths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's December in Cornwall and Art's mother is seeing things. Art has problems too. His girlfriend has left so he's paying Lux, a young immigrant he found on the street, to impersonate her - but Lux has no intention of sticking to the script. And Iris, Art's prodigal aunt, septuagenarian CND-er and black sheep of the family, is about to arrive with a car full of food and a throat full of protest songs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFour people, strangers and family, in a fifteen-bedroom house for Christmas - will there be enough room for everyone?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinter\u003c\/em\u003e casts a merry eye over a bleak post-truth era with a story rooted in history, art, love and memory, protest and survival.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ali Smith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40606390124706,"sku":"9780241973332","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-737.png?v=1709657424","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.pro\/products\/winter","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}