{"product_id":"9781564786869","title":"Why the Child Is Cooking in the Polenta","description":"\u003cp\u003eA nomadic family of circus performers, refugees from Romania, travels through Europe and Africa by caravan. The mother's death-defying act causes constant anxiety for her two daughters, who voice their fears through a grisly communal fairy tale about a child being cooked alive in polenta--but their real life is no less of a dark fable, and one that seems just as unlikely to have a happy ending. An actor and performance artist as well as a poet and novelist, Veteranyi was acclaimed for her seemingly \"artless\" narrative voice, in which pain and hilarity always vie for the upper hand--a voice at once lyrical and jaded, prurient and spiritual, comical and horrifying.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055842050288,"sku":"9781564786869","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781564786869_p0.jpg?v=1763787520","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781564786869","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}