{"product_id":"9781908670236","title":"Reader for Hire","description":"A beautiful homage to the art of reading - light and funny. A celebration of the union of sensuality and language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarie-Constance loves reading and possesses an attractive voice. So, one day she decides to put an ad in the local paper offering her services as a paid reader. Her first client, a paralysed teenager, is transformed by her reading of a Maupassant short story. Marie-Constance’s fame spreads and soon the rich, the creative and the famous clamour for her services.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy Peirene chose to publish this book: ‘The premise of the story is brilliant: a woman who loves reading aloud acquires - without realizing - power over others. What’s true for her clients becomes real for you, the reader of this book. As you turn the pages, think of Marie-Constance as the personification of ‘reading’ itself. And I promise you an experience you will never forget.’\u003cstrong\u003eMeike Ziervogel\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A clever, funny, and humane work that champions the power of literature.’\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Mills,\u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An entertaining, sensuous and, above all, fun outing into the converging worlds of reading, language and sexuality.'\u003cstrong\u003ePam Norfolk,\u003cem\u003eLancashire Evening Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cem\u003eReader for Hire\u003c\/em\u003emight be the perfect book - written with an elegance whose validity it also questions.'\u003cstrong\u003eJoanna Walsh,\u003cem\u003eThe National\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An excellent new translation of a novel . . . written with a lightness of touch.'\u003cstrong\u003eHarry Ritchie,\u003cem\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A beautiful love declaration to the art of reading. A book that will make you want to read more books.’\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e","brand":"Peirene Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137375453424,"sku":"9781908670236","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781908670236_p0.jpg?v=1763622421","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781908670236","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}