Author(s): Barker, Nicola,
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 16/07/2020,
Pagination: 224 pages,
Series: N/A,
Imprint: Windmill Books,
Published By: Cornerstone,
Book Classification: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781786090959

Description:
How long does it take to change the world?

Could it happen in approximately twenty minutes?

Charles, a forty-year-old teddy bear maker, is trying to sell his late mother's house, helped by his estate agent Avigail (who thinks Charles is an imbecile).

The prospective buyers: the fearsome Wang Shu - who has no desire to make idle chit-chat - and her downtrodden daughter, Ying Yue. During the twenty-minute viewing a huge number of things happen, although it is also entirely possible that nothing happens at all. Which is it?

Can the world really turn on its axis during a mundane discussion about cheese preservation? Has fiction the power to do that? Should it even want to?