{"product_id":"open-up","title":"Morris Thomas: Open Up [2023] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA GRANTA BEST YOUNG BRITISH NOVELIST 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\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 a child attending his first football match, buoyed by secret magic, and a wincingly humane portrait of adolescence, to the perplexity of grief and loss through the eyes of a seahorse, Thomas Morris seeks to find grace, hope and benevolence in the churning tumult of self-discovery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhilosophically acute. Wincingly humane. Strikingly original. This outstanding suite of stories is bursting with a bracing emotional depth. \u003ci\u003eOpen Up\u003c\/i\u003e cracks the heart as it expands the short story form.\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":"Morris, Thomas","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46882918629715,"sku":"9780571317042","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/morris-thomas-morris-thomas-open-up-2023-hardback-9780571317042-60398734278995.jpg?v=1734071344","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/open-up","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}