{"product_id":"the-new-adventures-of-helen-magical-tales-paperback","title":"The New Adventures of Helen: Magical Tales - 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\u003eLudmilla Petrushevskaya\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJane Bugaeva\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of Russia's best living writers . . . Her tales inhabit a borderline between this world and the next.\" \u003cb\u003e-\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt first glance, the stories in \u003ci\u003eThe New Adventures of Helen\u003c\/i\u003e seems simple, even child-like, but a deep reading reveals satire and darkness manifested through classic fairy tale tropes characteristically upended by Petrushevskaya. These \"adult fairy tales\" ask deep questions about gender, love, history, memory, and the future, taking place in times between history and the now. These stories, quirky but yet inspired by a confident hopefulness, will inspire and provoke English-speaking readers across the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLudmilla Petrushevskaya was born in 1938 in Moscow, where she still lives. She is the author of more than fifteen collections of prose, including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestseller\u003ci\u003e There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor's Baby: Scary Fairy Tales\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), which won a World Fantasy Award and was one of \u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e's Ten Best Books of the Year and one of NPR's Five Best Works of Foreign Fiction, and \u003ci\u003eThere Once Lived a Girl Who Seduced Her Sister's Husband and He Hanged Himself: Love Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (2013). A singular force in modern Russian fiction, she is also a playwright whose work has been staged by leading theater companies all over the world. In 2002 she received Russia's most prestigious prize, the Triumph, for lifetime achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 140\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 16, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53682117280051,"sku":"9781646051038","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/LNp-7LqeJz9781646051038.webp?v=1784471956","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-new-adventures-of-helen-magical-tales-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}