{"product_id":"the-big-book-of-modern-ann-vandermeer-9780525563860","title":"The Big Book of Modern Fantasy","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWORLD FANTASY AWARD WINNER\u003c\/b\u003e - A \u003cb\u003etrue horde of fantasy tales sure to delight fans, scholars, and even the greediest of dragons\u003cb\u003e--f\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003erom bestselling authors Ann and Jeff VanderMeer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStep through a shimmering portal ... a worn wardrobe door ... a schism in sky ... into a bold new age of fantasy. When worlds beyond worlds became a genre unto itself. From the swinging sixties to the strange, strange seventies, the over-the-top eighties to the gnarly nineties--and beyond, into the twenty-first century--the VanderMeers have found the stories and the writers from around the world that reinvented and revitalized the fantasy genre after World War II. The stories in this collection represent twenty-two different countries, including Russia, Argentina, Nigeria, Columbia, Pakistan, Turkey, Finland, Sweden, China, the Philippines, and the Czech Republic. Five have never before been translated into English. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Jorge Luis Borges to Ursula K. Le Guin, Michael Moorcock to Angela Carter, Terry Pratchett to Stephen King, the full range and glory of the fantastic are on display in these ninety-one stories in which dragons soar, giants stomp, and human children should still think twice about venturing alone into the dark forest. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCompleting Ann and Jeff VanderMeer's definitive \u003ci\u003eThe Big Book of Classic Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e, this companion volume to takes the genre into the twenty-first century with ninety-one astonishing, mind-bending stories. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA VINTAGE ORIGINAL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ann VanderMeer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0525563865\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780525563860\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/21\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 896\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 7.00w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/18\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2020 pg. 30","brand":"Ann VanderMeer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051709001983,"sku":"9780525563860","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_57fbdb86-369d-4859-ad19-39fdf044dcb9.jpg?v=1685014709","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-big-book-of-modern-ann-vandermeer-9780525563860","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}