{"product_id":"the-glorious-ones-paperback","title":"The Glorious Ones - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrancine Prose\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Francine Prose is one of a handful of truly indispensable American writers.\" --Gary Shteyngart\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Glorious Ones are an unlikely troupe--there's Armanda, the cheerful dwarf and ex-nun; chattering Columbina; Pantalone the miser; and the wicked Brighella; all led by Flaminio Scala, the self-proclaimed most courageous man in Christendom. They travel up and down seventeenth-century Italy, performing in palaces and poor villages alike. For all their wild differences, not one of them is prepared for the arrival of the mysterious Isabella, their new boss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrancine Prose is the author of sixteen novels, including \"A Changed Man,\" winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and \"Blue Angel,\" a finalist for the National Book Award. Her most recent works of nonfiction include the highly acclaimed \"Anne Frank: The Book, the Life, the Afterlife,\" and the \"New York Times\" bestseller \"Reading Like a Writer.\" A former president of PEN American Center and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, as well as the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Prose is a highly regarded critic and essayist, and has taught literature and writing for more than twenty years at major universities. She is a distinguished writer in residence at Bard College, and she lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 154\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.36 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 29, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693375459391,"sku":"9781480445420","price":19.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/d22cef7c7a0a73d0e752e154dd1ac41b.webp?v=1764998725","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-glorious-ones-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}