{"product_id":"9781787332867","title":"Animal Person","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe highly anticipated follow-up to Alexander MacLeod's critically acclaimed debut, Animal Person is a wry and perfectly-observed collection of short stories about intimacy, family and the struggle to connect\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnimal Person is a collection of startling juxtapositions. Criminals and bystanders, siblings and strangers, infants, adolescents, young parents, and the elderly, mammals, reptiles and fish: unexpected encounters occur and every meeting is an opportunity for recognition or rejection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn empty-nest couple, separated after years of coexisting, find themselves pulled into the dreams of their silent, gazing rabbit; a mysterious passenger in search of his missing suitcase roams through the caverns of a 1970s LA airport; a piano recital goes wildly astray; and a great-aunt refuses to apologise as she struggles to find a place for everything in the tight space of her senior's apartment. In the adjoining motel room, a serial killer plans his next move; and a petty argument between two sisters is interrupted by an unexpected visitor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe eight stories in Animal Person are filled with wonder and yearning as MacLeod captures the fleeting intensities that shape all of our lives. MacLeod is a master of the short story form, and this is a collection that beats with raw emotion and shimmers with the complexity of our shared human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Exquisite...expertly paced and finely observed' New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Excellent... The eight stories, composed in crystalline prose, glimmer and gleam with yearning and loss' Eithne Farry, Daily Mail\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Tender, funny and ever-surprising' Lynn Coady\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jonathan Cape","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52904618524981,"sku":"EB_LI0700_A01-13_DUBAI","price":102.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0971\/7773\/1381\/files\/9781787332867-1_434a5931-297f-4f08-87f3-67da3a39cd53.jpg?v=1789614811","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.ae\/ar\/products\/9781787332867","provider":"Books Kinokuniya UAE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}