{"product_id":"the-fool-and-other-moral-tales-paperback","title":"The Fool and Other Moral Tales - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnne Serre\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMark Hutchinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFairy-tale atmospheres and complex narratives are a hallmark of the fiction of Anne Serre, represented here by three radically heterodox novellas. \u003cem\u003eThe Fool\u003c\/em\u003e \"may have stepped out of a tarot pack: I came across this little figure rather late in life. Not being familiar with playing cards, still less with the tarot, I was a bit uncomfortable when I first set eyes on him. I believe in magic figures and distrust them...a figure observing you can turn the world upside down.\" \u003cem\u003eThe Narrator\u003c\/em\u003e concerns a sort of writer-hero: \"Outcasts who can't even tell a story are what you might call dropouts, lunatics, misfits. With them the narrator is in his element, but has one huge advantage: he can tell a story.\" \u003cem\u003eLittle Table, Set Yourself!\u003c\/em\u003e--a moral tale concerning a family happily polyamorous--is the most overtly a fable of these three works, and the briefest, but thin as a razor is thin. A dream logic rules each of these wildly unpredictable, sensual and surreal novellas: these may be romps, but nevertheless deeply moral and entirely unforgettable ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 228\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.2 x 4.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 24, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42151740211335,"sku":"9780811227162","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/5740d1984ee5f35dcf6da17865e8f3ab.webp?v=1733209283","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-fool-and-other-moral-tales-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}