{"product_id":"9781466854963","title":"The Looking Glass: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lushly imagined, sensual novel about memory, desire, and the power of storytelling, from a Booker Prize nominee.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeneviève is an outsider, raised in an orphanage, now living an isolated existence as a maid to the widowed Madame Patin in a small French village. A teller and collector of stories, she is entranced by Madame Patin's oft-told folktales, which mask cunning and doom beneath beauty. As Geneviève grows into a woman, her life becomes both more sensual and more dangerous. She flees her village home, escaping to another word-spinner, a poet who captivates women -- his mother, his mistress, his niece's governess, and, soon, Geneviève. The poet is kind, but he too is a collector of stories -- and sometimes of secrets beyond words.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn exquisite, knowing, and irresistible novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Looking Glass\u003c\/i\u003e introduces to an American audience \"one of Britian's best novelists\" (The Independent on Sunday).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holt, Henry \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125841314032,"sku":"9781466854963","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466854963_p0.jpg?v=1769891484","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466854963","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}