{"product_id":"2940171902964","title":"The Old Country","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMordicai Gerstein's portrayal of Philippe Petit's high-wire walk between the towers of the World Trade Center, \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Walked Between the Towers\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2004 Caldecott Medal and was among the most admired books of the year. Now comes a memorable new work, a novel of singular insight and imagination that transports readers to the Old Country, where \"every winter was a hundred years and every spring a miracle . . . where the water was like music and the music was like water . . . where all the fairy tales come from, where there was magic-and there was war.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere, Gisella stares a moment too long into the eyes of a fox, and she and the fox exchange shape. Gisella's quest to get her girl-body back takes her on a journey across a war-ravaged country that has lost its shape. She encounters sprites, talking animals, a chicken that lays a golden egg, a court with a spider for a judge-and bloodshed, destruction, and questions of power and justice. Finally, looking into the eyes of the fox once more, she faces a strange and startling choice about her own nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Old Country\u003c\/i\u003e is at once timeless and contemporary-a tale that draws on a wealth of storytelling tradition and dramatizes the question of what it is to be human. Part adventure story, part fable; exciting, beautifully told, rich in humor and wisdom, it is the work of an artist and storyteller at the height of his powers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47179518574832,"sku":"2940171902964","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940171902964_p0.jpg?v=1763748016","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940171902964","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}