{"product_id":"the-crab-nebula-eric-chevillard-9780803263703","title":"The Crab Nebula","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Crab Nebula\u003c\/i\u003e (La N饕uleuse du crabe) is comprised of fifty-two vivid chapters that provide startling insights into the existence of this nebulous man named Crab: his nightmarish--and none too solid--physique, his mysterious absence from the pages of history, his birth in prison, his never having been born at all. In his portrait of Crab, ﾉric Chevillard gives us a character who is genuinely strange and curiously like ourselves. A postmodernist novel par excellence, \u003ci\u003eThe Crab Nebula\u003c\/i\u003e parodies literary conventions, deconstructs narrative and meaning, and brilliantly combines absurdity and hopelessness with irony and humor. What distinguishes it most of all is the startling originality of Chevillard's voice and vision. There is whimsy and despair in this novel, pathos and laughter, satire and warm affection.\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Crab Nebula\u003c\/i\u003e is the fifth novel--and the first to be translated into English--by the brilliant young French author ﾉric Chevillard. His sympathetic yet outrageous portrait of Crab calls to mind works by Melville, Val駻y, and Kafka, while never being less than utterly unique.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e ﾉric Chevillard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803263708\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803263703\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bison Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 4.99w x 0.43d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/13\/1997 pg. 57\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/1997 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/30\/1997 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/1997 pg. 144","brand":"ﾉric Chevillard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981250167039,"sku":"9780803263703","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f364f956-21b5-43e2-84c4-2ceb053a884c.jpg?v=1683254484","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-crab-nebula-eric-chevillard-9780803263703","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}