{"product_id":"fabulous-stories-isbn-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 | \u003cp\u003e“Sophisticated and erudite…. Ms. Hughes-Hallett is a natural heir to A.S. Byatt, delivering a densely patterned novel that shimmers with human interest as it probes our cultural story.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal on Peculiar Ground\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Rather more than your usual English country house novel.  Think of it as a saga of a place depicted in gorgeous prose…. With its clever juxtaposition of past and present and its mediation of time and change, \u003cem\u003ePeculiar Ground\u003c\/em\u003e is reminiscent of Tom Stoppard’s play \u003cem\u003eArcadia\u003c\/em\u003e.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star Tribune on Peculiar Ground\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Dazzling.... A brilliant, ambitious mixture of actual history and creative invention.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe on Peculiar Ground\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Full of drama, vivid characters, wit, gorgeous writing and fascinating botanical, religious and social detail.... \u003cem\u003ePeculiar Ground\u003c\/em\u003e, with its witches and aristocrats, its highly educated men, women and children and its gradations of every conceivable social type between upstairs and downstairs, is a grand spectacle.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review on Peculiar Ground\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Thoroughly engaging…. Hughes-Hallett is a master storyteller. Her prose is a treasure—evocative, rich, engaging.”\u2028 - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal (starred review) on Peculiar Ground\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Clever…Hallett forges novel situations for her quirky characters, and each retelling works well as a modern story in its own right.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889022660837,"sku":"NP9780062940094","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062940094.jpg?v=1730230327","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/fabulous-stories-isbn-9780062940094","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}