{"product_id":"2026200008850-secondhand-penguin-modern-stories-4","title":"Penguin Modern Stories 4","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Penguin Modern Stories series stands as one of the most celebrated anthology collections of the twentieth century, and Volume 4 presents a compelling gathering of short fiction from four distinctive international voices. Sean O'Faolain brings his characteristically lyrical Irish perspective, while Nadine Gordimer contributes her sharp, politically charged observations of South African life. Shiva Naipaul offers his incisive Caribbean and postcolonial sensibility, and Isaac Babel rounds out the collection with his famously terse yet viscerally powerful prose rooted in early Soviet Russia. Together, the quartet illustrates the remarkable breadth and ambition of the modern short story form, uniting writers whose styles are vastly different yet equally commanding in their literary authority.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48956427206875,"sku":"2026200008850-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/2693ab9e-2921-466b-8043-dd08eb196b8e.png?v=1783500904","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200008850-secondhand-penguin-modern-stories-4","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}