{"product_id":"the-reasonable-ogre-mike-barnes-9781926845449","title":"The Reasonable Ogre: Tales for the Sick and Well","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Reasonable Ogre\u003c\/i\u003e is a marvel, and a tribute to the power of story. The illustrations and language are so entwined as to be inseparable, and they cast a beautiful spell. Mike Barnes is a real fairy-tale creature.\"--Kate Bernheimer, author of \u003ci\u003eHorse, Flower, Bird\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the world of \u003ci\u003eThe Reasonable Ogre\u003c\/i\u003e, magic is nothing if not paradoxical. Ogres can indeed be reasonable, prisons may prove porous, gifts often come disguised as curses, and springs gone dry are only waiting to resurface. At once comic and moving, troubling and restorative, Mike Barnes's original stories are here to remind us that fairy tales aren't about the happily-ever-after: they're about the strange detours we take trying to get there. With seventy drawings from the striking brush of Segbingway.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMike Barnes \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lily Pond: A Memoir of Madness, Memory, Myth, and Metamorphosis\u003c\/i\u003e, two novels, two volumes of poetry, and two short fiction collections.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSegbingway\u003c\/b\u003e is an artist who lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mike Barnes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1926845447\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781926845449\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Biblioasis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/29\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.20h x 8.10w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2012","brand":"Mike Barnes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46962705039615,"sku":"9781926845449","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_979c16de-3ef0-4b78-91d3-8a4f90aefbfb.jpg?v=1750652277","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-reasonable-ogre-mike-barnes-9781926845449","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}