{"product_id":"fabulous-lucy-hughes-hallett-9780062940094","title":"Fabulous: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the author of the \"sophisticated and erudite\" \u003cem\u003ePeculiar Ground\u003c\/em\u003e (Boston Globe) comes a collection of classic, witty fables, elegantly updated for our modern times.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's in the nature of myth to be infinitely adaptable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach of these startlingly original stories is set in modern Britain. Their characters include a people-trafficking gang-master and a prostitute, a migrant worker and a cocksure estate agent, an elderly musician doubly befuddled by dementia and the death of his wife, a pest-controller suspected of paedophilia and a librarian so well-behaved that her parents wonder anxiously whether she'll ever find love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey're ordinary people, preoccupied, as we all are now, by the deficiencies of the health service, by criminal gangs and homelessness, by the pitfalls of dating in the age of #metoo. All of their stories, though, are inspired by ones drawn from Graeco-Roman myth, from the Bible or from folk-lore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ancients invented myths to express what they didn't understand. These witty fables, elegantly written and full of sharp-eyed observation of modern life, are also visionary explorations of potent mysteries and strange passions, charged with the hallucinatory beauty and horror of their originals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lucy Hughes-Hallett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0062940090\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062940094\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/14\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/25\/2019","brand":"Lucy Hughes-Hallett","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43913311092991,"sku":"9780062940094","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b3276f5e-01c0-40f6-914d-fd7aaf2bfac2.jpg?v=1680617904","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fabulous-lucy-hughes-hallett-9780062940094","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}