{"product_id":"wild-swan-paperback","title":"Wild Swan - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFairy tales for our times from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Hours\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by NPR, \u003ci\u003eSlate, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA poisoned apple and a monkey's paw with the power to change fate; a girl whose extraordinarily long hair causes catastrophe; a man with one human arm and one swan's wing; and a house constructed of gumdrops and gingerbread. In \u003ci\u003eA Wild Swan and Other Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, the people and the talismans of lands far, far away--the mythic figures of our childhoods and the source of so much of our wonder--are transformed by Michael Cunningham into stories of sublime revelation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere are the moments that our fairy tales forgot or deliberately concealed: the years after a spell is broken, the rapturous instant of a miracle unexpectedly realized, or the fate of a prince only half cured of a curse. Reimagined by one of the most gifted storytellers of his generation, and exquisitely illustrated by Yuko Shimizu, rarely have our bedtime stories been this dark, this perverse, or this true.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50324331102431,"sku":"9781250097309","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/fwMAYxLxE-9781250097309.webp?v=1782010679","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/wild-swan-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}