{"product_id":"the-gilder-a-fable-paperback","title":"The Gilder: A Fable - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGrant Wattie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA boy looks into a water trough and sees his own face. \"There you are,\" he says. It will take him forty-seven years to say it again.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWil is eleven when a travelling painter teaches him that a smile can be sold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe grows up to become a gilder, covering people in gold so the world will see them as they would rather be seen. The work makes him wealthy. While Wil perfects the faces of others, he slowly loses sight of his own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis sister writes. His wife waits. His daughter learns exactly where she sits in her father's ledger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the rail of a ship, a child asks him a question he cannot answer: \u003cem\u003eWho keeps yours?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA story of identity, belonging, and the selves we learn to perform, \u003cem\u003eThe Gilder\u003c\/em\u003e is a fable about the face we are given, the one we learn to sell, and finding our way back to the first one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 148\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.34 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67840857473331,"sku":"9781067321307","price":25.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/uSDc2F7iqM9781067321307.webp?v=1793396777","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-gilder-a-fable-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}