{"product_id":"9781571314420","title":"The Village on Horseback: Prose and Verse, 2003-2008","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Village on Horseback\u003c\/i\u003e features mesmerizing new work from the author of \u003ci\u003eSamedi the Deafness\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Way Through Doors,\u003c\/i\u003e one of the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker’s\u003c\/i\u003e Best Books of 2009. This collection of new pieces by experimental writer Jesse Ball is a philosophical recasting of myth and legend. Unearthing parables from the compost heap of oral tradition, folklore, literature, and popular culture, \u003ci\u003eThe Village on Horseback\u003c\/i\u003e can be read as a sort of fabulist’s compendium by an author who has been called charming, lyrical, fanciful, and \"disturbingly original.\"","brand":"Milkweed Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055637512432,"sku":"9781571314420","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781571314420_p0.jpg?v=1769899890","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781571314420","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}