{"product_id":"jane-bowles-plain-pleasures","title":"Jane Bowles: Plain Pleasures","description":"\"It's the truth,\" the women said from their mattress \"Everything is nice\".\n\nAlva, a widow, states a preference for plain ordinary pleasures - only to get drunk and flirtatious, and pass out in a strange bed when she is asked out for the evening. \n\nSadie, a spinster, goes to a holiday resort complete with pine groves, marshmallows and respectable clientele - to bring her nervous sister home, but instead comes to an eerie end herself.\n\nMary, a little girl, spends her days in a clay pit leading an imaginary army of hard-muscled men. But hen a strange boy invades her headquarters, Mary abandons her soldiers to follow him home.\n\nDisturbing, unforgettable, totally unique - Jane Bowles' short stories explore the hidden lives of women that only appear ordinary.","brand":"Weidenfeld \u0026 Nicolson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53060458152252,"sku":"q34hikbkqprrneopo2fnj5vy","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0766\/3468\/5756\/files\/9781474620437-1.jpg?v=1778798700","url":"https:\/\/knizhka.us\/products\/jane-bowles-plain-pleasures","provider":"Книжка US","version":"1.0","type":"link"}