{"product_id":"the-essential-pritchett-by-v-s-pritchett-9780099474593","title":"The Essential Pritchett","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eV.S. Pritchett (1900 - 1997) was one of the most subtle, potent, and best-loved of modern British writers, an unparalleled storyteller and biographer. This engrossing and lively volume, edited by his son, is a tribute to a lifetime of writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe looks back to his childhood and youth in extracts from his autobiographies \u003cem\u003eA Cab At The Door\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMidnight Oil\u003c\/em\u003e. His vivid travel writings take us from the Appalachians and Amazonia to Ireland and the south of Spain. He writes with great insight about the lives of authors he loves: Chekov, Turgenev, Balzac. His witty and sensitive criticism illuminates writers both classic and contemporary, from Scott, Kipling, and George Eliot, to Saul Bellow and Salman Rushdie.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFinally, the volume contains extracts from his novels and the best of the superb short stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47403746164972,"sku":"9780099474593","price":45.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/61QscReWRoL._SL1500.jpg?v=1773865174","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-essential-pritchett-by-v-s-pritchett-9780099474593","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}