{"product_id":"the-fool-and-other-moral-tales","title":"The Fool and Other Moral Tales","description":"Fairy-tale atmospheres and complex narratives are a hallmark of the fiction of Anne Serre, represented here by three radically heterodox novellas. \u003cem\u003eThe Fool\u003c\/em\u003e \"may have stepped out of a tarot pack: I came across this little figure rather late in life. Not being familiar with playing cards, still less with the tarot, I was a bit uncomfortable when I first set eyes on him. I believe in magic figures and distrust them...a figure observing you can turn the world upside down.\" \u003cem\u003eThe Narrator\u003c\/em\u003e concerns a sort of writer-hero: \"Outcasts who can't even tell a story are what you might call dropouts, lunatics, misfits. With them the narrator is in his element, but has one huge advantage: he can tell a story.\" \u003cem\u003eLittle Table, Set Yourself!\u003c\/em\u003e--a moral tale concerning a family happily polyamorous--is the most overtly a fable of these three works, and the briefest, but thin as a razor is thin. A dream logic rules each of these wildly unpredictable, sensual and surreal novellas: these may be romps, but nevertheless deeply moral and entirely unforgettable ones.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48833657340109,"sku":"9780811227162","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_112395f4-f7ca-48a5-8cf2-a536b0e1add0.jpg?v=1790892730","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/the-fool-and-other-moral-tales","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}