{"product_id":"long-story-short-lisa-brown-9781616205034","title":"Long Story Short: 100 Classic Books in Three Panels","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterature is long. Comics are short.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Does Proust get you down? Do you find \u003ci\u003eThe Unbearable Lightness of Being \u003c\/i\u003esimply unbearable? Is \u003ci\u003eThe Inferno \u003c\/i\u003eyour own private hell? Do you long to be conversant about classics like \u003ci\u003eMoby Dick\u003c\/i\u003e, the Bhagavad Gita, \u003ci\u003eMadame Bovary\u003c\/i\u003e, and, um, \u003ci\u003eTwilight\u003c\/i\u003e? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bestselling illustrator Lisa Brown (\u003ci\u003eThe Airport Book\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Baby, Mix Me a Drink\u003c\/i\u003e) did her homework. \u003ci\u003eLong Story Short\u003c\/i\u003e offers 100 pithy and skewering three-panel literary summaries, from curriculum classics like\u003ci\u003e Don Quixote\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Lord of the Flies\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eJane Eyre \u003c\/i\u003eto modern favorites like \u003ci\u003eBeloved\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAtonement\u003c\/i\u003e, conveniently organized by subjects including \"Love,\" \"Sex,\" \"Death,\" and \"Female Trouble.\" Lisa Brown's \u003ci\u003eLong Story Short\u003c\/i\u003e is the perfect way to turn a traipse through what your English teacher called \"the canon\" into a frolic--or to happily cram for the next occasion that requires you to appear bookish and well-read. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lisa Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1616205032\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781616205034\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Algonquin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 8.10w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/27\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2020 pg. 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/22\/2020 pg. 1","brand":"Lisa Brown","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44042856333567,"sku":"9781616205034","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9900dc89-3801-4fcd-bc24-93f6ba5c9397.jpg?v=1684963928","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/long-story-short-lisa-brown-9781616205034","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}