{"product_id":"9781590516959","title":"A Fairy Tale: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn a Europe without borders, where social norms have become  fragile, a son must confront the sins of his father and grandfather, and  invent new strategies for survival\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A young boy grows  up with a loving father who has little respect for the law. They are  always on the run, and as they move from place to place, the boy is  often distraught to leave behind new friendships. Because it would be  dicey for him to go to school, his anarchistic father gives him an  unconventional education intended to contradict as much as possible the  teachings of his own father, a preacher and a pervert. Ten years later,  when the boy is entering adulthood, with a fake name and a monotonous  job, he tries to conform to the demands of ordinary life, but the  lessons of the past thwart his efforts, and questions about his father’s  childhood cannot be left unanswered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Spanning the mid-1980s to  early-twenty-first-century in Copenhagen, this coming-of-age novel  examines what it means to be a stranger in the modern world, and how,  for better or for worse, a father’s legacy is never passed on in any  predictable fashion.","brand":"Other Press, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47138024947952,"sku":"9781590516959","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781590516959_p0.jpg?v=1763805189","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781590516959","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}