{"product_id":"jigsaw-a-puzzle-in-ninety-three-pieces-paperback","title":"Jigsaw: A Puzzle in Ninety-Three Pieces - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eM. a. C. Farrant\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCelebrated humorist and short-story writer M.A.C. Farrant's new non-fiction work comprises ninety-three puzzle pieces that mimic the actual practice of assembling a jigsaw puzzle.\u003c\/strong\u003e By turns whimsical, insightful, meditative, funny, and factual, the \"pieces\" of \u003cem\u003eJigsaw\u003c\/em\u003e touch on themes readers of the celebrated humorist and fiction writer M.A C. Farrant have encountered before: existence, love, joy, science, history, aging, roads, and Buddhism - and our seemingly universal love of jigsaw puzzles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce again, the author of the bestselling memoir \u003cem\u003eOne Good Thing\u003c\/em\u003e and of the literary miniatures \u003cem\u003eThe World Afloat\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Days\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Great Happiness\u003c\/em\u003e writes against the prevailing zeitgeist of doom, accessing its flip side via humour and curiosity. \u003cem\u003eJigsaw\u003c\/em\u003e is a much-needed mental respite that offers playful, rejuvenating potential answers to the dreaded question, How in the world are we going to get through these fearful times?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eM.A.C. Farrant is the author of eighteen works of fiction, non-fiction, memoir, and drama. Her novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Strange Truth About Us - A Novel of Absence\u003c\/em\u003e, (Talonbooks, 2011) was cited as a Best Fiction Book of 2012 by the \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eThe World Afloat\u003c\/em\u003e (Talonbooks, 2014), the first in a trilogy of collections of miniature fiction and prose poems, won the Victoria Book Prize. \u003cem\u003eOne Good Thing: A Living Memoir\u003c\/em\u003e, published by Talonbooks in 2021, was a BC bestseller. Forthcoming from Talonbooks: \u003cem\u003eJigsaw: A Puzzle in Ninety-Three-and-a-Half Pieces\u003c\/em\u003e, (2023, NF) and \u003cem\u003eMy Turquoise Years Twentieth Anniversary Edition\u003c\/em\u003e (2024). Archived material is in the Special Collections Branch at the University of Victoria.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 157\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 17, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42726195888191,"sku":"9781772015430","price":25.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/372ab3b57146add0ae7a16ff83c62975.webp?v=1765109647","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/jigsaw-a-puzzle-in-ninety-three-pieces-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}