{"product_id":"9780241396704","title":"The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe perfect gift this Christmas season: a generous selection of some of the greatest festive stories of all time\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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  Irène 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.","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Penguin UK |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2022-09-27","offer_id":46359733895423,"sku":"9780241396704","price":21.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_60b1a50a-c23e-4369-ba26-074cd3802b22.jpg?v=1732304305","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780241396704","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}