{"product_id":"twelve-post-war-tales-9780593803387","title":"Twelve Post-War Tales","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn exquisite new collection of stories from the Booker Prize-winning author, about lives shaped and haunted by war\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere are the soldiers and doctors and veterans, wives and lovers and children, who have been affected in ways both subtle and profound by the cataclysms of our times. In the aftermath of World War II, a young Jewish private, stationed in Germany, seeks the truth about lost family members. In the 1960s, a father focuses on his daughter's wedding even as the Cuban Missile Crisis approaches the brink of global disaster. On September 11th, a maid working for U.S. Embassy staff in London wonders if her birth on the day of the Kennedy assassination determined the course of her life. And at the height of pandemic lockdown, a respiratory disease specialist comes out of retirement and is faced with a formative childhood memory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese stories show history in the making, the reverberations of each personal loss and triumph set across the sweep of decades. Tender, humane, rich with humor, grief and moments of grace and contemplation, Twelve Post-War Tales is a collection of masterpieces in miniature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGRAHAM SWIFT was born in 1949 and is the author of eleven novels, three collections of short stories, and \u003ci\u003eMaking an Elephant, \u003c\/i\u003e a book of essays, portraits, poetry, and reflections on his life in writing. With \u003ci\u003eWaterland, \u003c\/i\u003e he won The Guardian Fiction Award, and with \u003ci\u003eLast Orders, \u003c\/i\u003e the Booker Prize. \u003ci\u003eMothering Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e became a worldwide bestseller and won the Hawthornden Prize. His work has appeared in more than thirty-five languages\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51254215115026,"sku":"9780593803387","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bf0af7bd-df3c-4640-8153-9856e9b3b8c9.jpg?v=1746315227","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/twelve-post-war-tales-9780593803387","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}