{"product_id":"the-typing-lady-and-other-fictions-by-ruth-ozeki","title":"The Typing Lady and other fictions by Ruth Ozeki SIGNED COPY","description":"\u003cp\u003eExploring childhood ambition, youthful desire, midlife reinvention and the unsparing clarity of old age, Ozeki brings us eleven richly imagined stories of characters standing at life's thresholds. A college student falls for her professor and learns to transmute longing into language. A disquieted husband watches as the ghost of his wife's ambition roams the woods outside their home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA long-deceased Beat poet hijacks the mind of a young publishing assistant and rails against the state of modern literature. A curious grandmother creates a fake online dating profile to spy on her granddaughter's romantic life - and sets in motion a deception she can't control. Spanning eras and geographies, The Typing Lady is an electrifying meditation on the stories we tell ourselves, the stories we abandon and the stories we become.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThreaded with the tactile ephemera of writing - typewriters, letters, manuscripts and disappearing ink - the book reveals how we record ourselves in language, and how language, over time, records us in return.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe author signature is on a bookplate\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat:Hardback 336 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher:Canongate Books\u003cbr\u003eImprint:Canongate Books\u003cbr\u003eEdition:Main\u003cbr\u003eISBN:9781837261598\u003cbr\u003ePublished:28 May 2026\u003cbr\u003eClassifications:Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Short stories\u003cbr\u003eWeight:440g\u003cbr\u003eDimensions:146 x 222 x 32 (mm)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wave of Nostalgia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64766407311709,"sku":null,"price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/8838\/2301\/files\/9781837261598.jpg?v=1779457396","url":"https:\/\/waveofnostalgia.co.uk\/products\/the-typing-lady-and-other-fictions-by-ruth-ozeki","provider":"Wave of Nostalgia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}