{"product_id":"9780586092262_london-observed","title":"London Observed","description":"\u003cp\u003eAcross eighteen short stories, Lessing dissects London and its inhabitants with the power for truth and compassion to be expected of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'During that first year in England, I had a vision of London I cannot recall now … it was a nightmare city that I lived in for a year. Then, one evening, walking across the park, the light welded buildings, trees and scarlet buses into something familiar and beautiful, and I knew myself to be at home.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLessing’s vision of London – a place of nightmares and wonder – underpins this brilliantly multifaceted collection of stories about the city, seen from a cafe table, a hospital bed, the back seat of a taxi, a hospital casualty department; seen, as always, unflinchingly, and compellingly depicted.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Doris Lessing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46896519479445,"sku":"9780586092262","price":26.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780586092262_fbfd8284-4c63-4d93-acea-15f2818e1a9f.jpg?v=1776888476","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780586092262_london-observed","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}