{"product_id":"9781554885381","title":"Funhouse","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of such great Latin American magic realists as Jorge Amada, Sergio Kokis recreates the magic world of a child in Brazil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel is told from the point of view of a Brazilian painter in exile somewhere in the northern climes - man who longs for the warmth and vibrancy of his childhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut his childhood and adolescence were not easy. Torn between a deeply religious (and superstitious) mother and his father, a man of science and reason, the young man survives his home life, life at boarding school, and life abroad to become an artist and a person in his own right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFunhouse\u003c\/i\u003e (Le pavillon des miroirs in French) has won four major literary awards in Quebec: Grand Prix du livre de Montrl, Prix de L’Acadie des lettres du Quec, Prix Quec-Paris, and Prix Desjardins.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dundurn Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47157545894128,"sku":"9781554885381","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781554885381_p0.jpg?v=1763786340","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781554885381","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}