{"product_id":"open-up-2","title":"Morris Thomas: Open Up [2024] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA GRANTA BEST OF YOUNG BRITISH NOVELIST 2023\u003cbr\u003eA\u003ci\u003e NEW STATESMAN\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I love this book.' \u003c\/b\u003eBRANDON TAYLOR \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Extraordinary and original.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brilliant, funny, unsettling.'\u003c\/b\u003e SALLY ROONEY \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Impressive.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eI\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003erish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A writer beyond compare.' \u003c\/b\u003eALI SMITH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fierce and tender.' \u003c\/b\u003eLUCY CALDWELL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Astounding.'\u003c\/b\u003e COLIN BARRETT \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Worthy of multiple readings.' \u003c\/b\u003eJON McGREGOR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe new collection from a literary star - five achingly tender, innovative and dazzling stories of (dis)connection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Wales to Croatia to the depths of the ocean, these five achingly tender stories of (dis)connection are bursting with emotional vulnerability. A child attends his first football match, buoyed by secret magic; a young seahorse grapples with grief and loss; a troubled young man gets his birthday teeth. Strikingly original and wincingly humane, Open Up seeks to find grace, hope and benevolence in the churning tumult of self-discovery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eWe Don't Know What We're Doing\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Heart-hurtingly acute, laugh-out-loud funny, and one of the most satisfying collections I've read for years.'\u003c\/b\u003e ALI SMITH, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e 'Books of the Year'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Masterly. . .  marvellous grace and wit.' \u003c\/b\u003ePHILIP HENSHER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'That tonic gift, the sense of truth - the sense of transparency that permits us to see imaginary lives more clearly than we see our own'. \u003c\/b\u003eT\u003cb\u003ehe tonic comes in large doses in Thomas Morris's debut short-story collection.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Morris's fresh, direct writing style feels brand new.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eMetro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Radiant' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thomas Morris","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":48984239079763,"sku":"9780571317059","price":8.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/thomas-morris-morris-thomas-open-up-2024-paperback-9780571317059-57205531902291.jpg?v=1726920487","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/open-up-2","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}