{"product_id":"stories-in-the-dark-9780868198316","title":"Stories in the Dark","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Debra Oswald\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Currency Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Currency Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA terrified 12-year-old boy finds himself separated from his family in the unfamiliar streets of a war-torn city. He takes refuge in a bombed-out house and in the total blackness his bravado crumbles into tears. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInto his life steps Anna - older, street smart and scornful of his crying. As a way of shutting the boy up, she starts to tell him a story that she vaguely remembers from her own childhood. And so begins a journey into the shifting, shimmering world of ogres, princes, singing bones, foolish lads and wolf-mothers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStories in the Dark\u003c\/em\u003e explores the power of storytelling, mingling the magic and earthy wisdom of folk tales with the hard-edged story of violence, conflict and the struggle to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Currency Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47611588247703,"sku":"9780868198316","price":1449.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780868198316.webp?v=1775071631","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/stories-in-the-dark-9780868198316","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}