{"title":"020626","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781807840594","title":"A Short Stay in Hell","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCharlotte says about A Short Stay In Hell:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\"If you think you’ve grasped eternity, think again. Based on Jorge Luis Borges’s 1941 short story, A Short Stay In Hell follows one man who finds himself lost to an eternity in an infinite library with a scope that spans millennia, and where freedom is only granted if he finds his life story on its shelves. Philosophical, confronting, and strangely fun, this is a novella that will stay with me for a while (but hopefully not an eternity!)\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA man is cast by an unfamiliar God into a vast, incomprehensible Hell - a labyrinth library of books containing the stories of every life ever lived.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis only way out is to find the single book that tells his own story. But along the seemingly infinite shelves lies every possible combination of letters. Trapped within this maze of meaninglessness, the absurdity of existence becomes impossible to ignore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA life-changing, existential novella, Steven L. Peck's modern classic explores a subversive vision of eternity, taking the reader on a journey through the afterlife of a world where everything everyone believed in turns out to be wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Peck, Steven L.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ePublished on 21 May 2026 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage Classics) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 112 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e128 x 198 x 12 | 86g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peck, Steven L.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58000764928374,"sku":"9781807840594","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0362\/8423\/5908\/files\/9781807840594.jpg?v=1780391959"},{"product_id":"9780954899530","title":"Fair Play","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat mattered most to Tove Jansson, she explained in her eighties, was work and love, a sentiment she echoes in this tender and original novel. Translated for the first time into English, Fair Play portrays a love between two older women, a writer and artist, as they work side-by-side in their Helsinki studios, travel together and share summers on a remote island. In the generosity and respect they show each other and the many small shifts they make to accommodate each other's creativity we are shown a relationship both heartening and truly progressive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Jansson, Tove\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished on 1 June 1999 by SORT OF BOOKS in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 240 pages\u003cbr\u003e198 x 129 x 10 | 130g\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jansson, Tove","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58000764993910,"sku":"9780954899530","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0362\/8423\/5908\/files\/9780954899530.jpg?v=1780391960"}],"url":"https:\/\/haslemerebookshop.co.uk\/collections\/020626.oembed","provider":"The Haslemere Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}