{"product_id":"little-paperback","title":"Little - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdward Carey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An amazing achievement. . . A compulsively readable novel, so canny and weird and surfeited with the reality of human capacity and ingenuity that I am stymied for comparison. Dickens and David Lynch? Defoe meets Margaret Atwood? Judge for yourself.\" --Gregory Maguire, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times-\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWicked\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe wry, macabre, unforgettable tale of an ambitious orphan in Revolutionary Paris, befriended by royalty and radicals, who transforms herself into the legendary Madame Tussaud. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1761, a tiny, odd-looking girl named Marie is born in a village in Switzerland. After the death of her parents, she is apprenticed to an eccentric wax sculptor and whisked off to the seamy streets of Paris, where they meet a domineering widow and her quiet, pale son. Together, they convert an abandoned monkey house into an exhibition hall for wax heads, and the spectacle becomes a sensation. As word of her artistic talent spreads, Marie is called to Versailles, where she tutors a princess and saves Marie Antoinette in childbirth. But outside the palace walls, Paris is roiling: The revolutionary mob is demanding heads, and . . . at the wax museum, heads are what they do. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the tradition of Gregory Maguire's \u003ci\u003eWicked\u003c\/i\u003e and Erin Morgenstern's \u003ci\u003eThe Night Circus\u003c\/i\u003e, Edward Carey's \u003ci\u003eLittle\u003c\/i\u003e is a darkly endearing cavalcade of a novel--a story of art, class, determination, and how we hold on to what we love.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdward Carey\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist, visual artist, and playwright. His previous novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Swallowed Man\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLittle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAlva \u0026amp; Irva, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eObservatory Mansions\u003c\/i\u003e, and an acclaimed series for young adults, the Iremonger Trilogy. His writing for the stage includes an adaptation of Robert Coover's \u003ci\u003ePinocchio in Venice, \u003c\/i\u003ea continuation of the Pinocchio story. Born in England, he now teaches at the University of Texas in Austin, where he lives with his wife, the author Elizabeth McCracken, and their family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 22, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53653735178547,"sku":"9780525534334","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/5yggpEWd1K9780525534334.webp?v=1783999035","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/little-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}