{"product_id":"9781415207130","title":"The Alphabet of Birds","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom an ancient castle in Bavaria and a pre-War villa in Milan, to a winter landscape in Lesotho and the suburban streets of Pretoria, the stories in The Alphabet of Birds take an acute look at South Africans at home and abroad.\u003cbr\u003eIn one story, a strange, cheerful Japanese man visits a young South African as he takes care of his dying mother; in another, a woman battles corrupt bureaucracy in the Eastern Cape. A man trails his lover through the underground dance clubs of Berlin, while in London a young banker moves through layers of decadence as a soul would through purgatory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePulsating with passion, loss, and melancholia, S J Naudé’s collection The Alphabet of Birds is filled with music, art, architecture, myth, the search for origins and the shifting relationships between people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+SJ+Naude\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eSJ Naude\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"SJ Naude","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47378723537059,"sku":"9781415207130","price":280.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781415207130_930d7524-675e-4b12-9ae1-c71d43b2cda9.jpg?v=1776531309","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9781415207130","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}