{"product_id":"9781788168793","title":"The Impostor : and Other Stories","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Ocampo, Silvina, Oyeyemi, Helen, Balderston, Daniel \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFiction \u0026amp; related items\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 2 December 2021 by Profile Books Ltd (Serpent's Tail) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 368 pages\u003cbr\u003e129 x 200 x 27 | 290g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhimsical and sinister, each story by Silvina Ocampo is like a knife of spun sugar that can still pierce between your ribs. A thief breaks into the house of a psychic with disastrous results, a bride has her personality subsumed by the previous occupant of her home, and two men switch destinies for a change of pace. The Impostor offers a comprehensive collection from one of the twentieth century's great forgotten woman writers. Here are tales of doubles and living dolls, angels and demons, a beautiful seer who writes the autobiography of her own death, and much else that is mad, sublime, and delicious.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith an array spanning the length of Ocampo's career, these haunting stories are among the world's strangest and best.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43925372141827,"sku":"9781788168793","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781788168793_6470d67d-422e-4e04-9cd1-2751c2f96271.jpg?v=1731406297","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.com\/products\/9781788168793","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}