{"product_id":"the-fool-and-other-moral-tales","title":"The Fool and Other Moral Tales","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Fool and Other Moral Tales\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eAnne Serre\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780811227162\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eNew Directions\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2019\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\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\/body\u003e","brand":"New Directions","offers":[{"title":"The Fool and Other Moral Tales | Anne Serre | Paperback | 9780811227162 | New | Fiction 1210803","offer_id":50550526968066,"sku":"1210803","price":28.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/81ubPt-2vtL.jpg?v=1790467968","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/the-fool-and-other-moral-tales","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}