{"product_id":"a-blink-of-the-screen-collected-short-fiction","title":"A Blink of the Screen: Collected Short Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003eA must-have collection of shorter fiction from the pen of Sir Terry Pratchett, award-winning and bestselling author of the phenomenally successful Discworld novels\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA brilliant collection of short stories and short form fiction from the pen of Sir Terry Pratchett, one of the world's best-loved authors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Clever, neatly constructed and funny ... Pratchett is one of the great comic writers and storytellers of our time' Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Blink of the Screen charts the course of Pratchett's long writing career- from his schooldays through to his first writing job on the Bucks Free Press; to the origins of his debut novel, The Carpet People; and on again to the dizzy mastery of the Discworld series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere are characters both familiar and yet to be discovered; abandoned worlds and others still expanding; adventure, chickens, death, disco and, actually, some quite disturbing ideas about Christmas, all of it shot through with his inimitable brand of humour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith an introduction by Booker Prize-winning author A.S. Byatt and drawings by the author himself, this is a book to treasure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFront cover may vary.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Once Upon a Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52841625518412,"sku":"9781804995877","price":16.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0760\/6258\/9260\/files\/9781804995877.jpg?v=1751262557","url":"https:\/\/c3f8be-2.myshopify.com\/de\/products\/a-blink-of-the-screen-collected-short-fiction","provider":"Once Upon a Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}