{"product_id":"the-glorious-ones-a-novel-isbn-9780061493843","title":"The Glorious Ones: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003ebestselling author of \u003cem\u003eReading Like a Writer\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Changed Man\u003c\/em\u003e, an early novel\u003cbr\u003eabout a theater troupe in 17th century Italy, republished to coincide with the\u003cbr\u003eopening of a Broadway musical inspired by the book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Glorious Ones travel the\u003cbr\u003elength and breadth of 17th-century Italy, playing commedia dell’arte in the\u003cbr\u003estreets and palaces with equal vigor. A small company of players founded by the\u003cbr\u003eingenious madman Flamino Scala, they endure kidnappings, passionate affairs,\u003cbr\u003ecabals, riots, disgrace, and all manner of triumph and hardship. Pantalone the\u003cbr\u003emiser, sunny Armanda the dwarf, gossip-loving Columbina, and evil-minded\u003cbr\u003eBrighella view their myriad shared adventures through markedly different eyes.\u003cbr\u003eYet not one of them is prepared for the strange twisting of the road brought\u003cbr\u003eabout by the mysterious arrival of Isabella Andreini, who has come to direct\u003cbr\u003etheir wayward troupe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a beautiful new package, \u003cem\u003eThe Glorious Ones\u003c\/em\u003e features musical tie-in\u003cbr\u003ecover art, as well as the original, beautiful interior designed by Harry Ford\u003cbr\u003ein 1974.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eThe Glorious Ones travel the length and breadth of seventeenth-century Italy, playing commedia dell'arte in the streets and palaces with equal vigor. Founded by the ingenious madman Flamino Scala, the small company of players endures kidnappings and passionate affairs, cabals, riots, disgrace—all manner of triumph and hardship. Pantalone the miser, sunny Armanda the dwarf, gossip-loving Columbina, and evil-minded Brighella view their myriad shared adventures through markedly different eyes. Yet not one of them is prepared for the strange twisting of the road brought about by the mysterious arrival of Isabella Andreini, who has come to direct their wayward troupe.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“A master fiction-writer.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Francine Prose has a knack for getting to the heart of human nature.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today on A Changed Main\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887836950757,"sku":"NP9780061493843","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061493843.jpg?v=1730227564","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-glorious-ones-a-novel-isbn-9780061493843","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}