{"product_id":"penguin-christmas-stories","title":"Penguin Clothbound Classics: The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories (Hardback)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe perfect gift this Christmas season: a generous selection of some of the greatest festive stories of all time - now in a beautiful clothbound edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a collection of the most magical, moving, chilling and surprising Christmas stories from around the world, taking us from frozen Nordic woods to glittering Paris, a New York speakeasy to an English country house, bustling Lagos to midnight mass in Rio, and even outer space.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is Christmas as imagined by some of the greatest short-story writers of all time. Truman Capote makes whisky-soaked fruitcake in Alabama; Laurie Lee slides across a frozen pond in Gloucestershire; and Shirley Jackson is outwitted by a wily Santa Claus at the bank. Ghosts haunt the Christmases of Muriel Spark and Elizabeth Bowen, while Dostoyevsky, Daphne du Maurier and Italo Calvino take a cynical view of the season and Selma Lagerlof and Angela Carter celebrate its miracles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere are classic tales from writers including Truman Capote, Shirley Jackson, Dylan Thomas, Saki and Chekhov, as well as little-known treasures such as Italo Calvino's wry sideways look at Christmas consumerism, Wolfdietrich Schnurre's story of festive ingenuity in Berlin, Selma Lagerlof's enchanted forest in Sweden, and Irene Nemerovsky's dark family portrait. Featuring santas, ghosts, trolls, unexpected guests, curmudgeons and miracles, here is Christmas as imagined by some of the greatest short story writers of all time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"pdp-media-reviews\"\u003eMEDIA REVIEWS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"show-desc show-container show-less heightAuto\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Hans Christian Andersen to Angela Carter, this greatest hits compilation also happens to be beautifully published. Inside you'll find ghosts, miracles, grouchy curmudgeons and plenty of snow - \u003cem\u003eDaily Mail Books of the Year\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublisher: \u003cspan itemprop=\"publisher\"\u003ePenguin Books Ltd\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eISBN: \u003cspan itemprop=\"isbn\"\u003e9780241455654\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNumber of pages: \u003cspan itemprop=\"numberOfPages\"\u003e288\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDimensions: \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"height\"\u003e188\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"width\"\u003e120\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"depth\"\u003e34\u003c\/span\u003e mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeight: \u003cspan itemprop=\"weight\"\u003e390 g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56662270738805,"sku":null,"price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0279\/1237\/2301\/files\/IMG-2084.png?v=1769372334","url":"https:\/\/southwestcoast.co.uk\/products\/penguin-christmas-stories","provider":"SW COAST","version":"1.0","type":"link"}