{"product_id":"how-to-behave-in-a-crowd-paperback","title":"How to Behave in a Crowd - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCamille Bordas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA witty, heartfelt novel that brilliantly evokes the confusions of adolescence and marks the arrival of an extraordinary young talent.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIsidore Mazal is eleven years old, the youngest of six siblings living in a small French town. He doesn't quite fit in. Berenice, Aurore, and Leonard are on track to have doctorates by age twenty-four. Jeremie performs with a symphony, and Simone, older than Isidore by eighteen months, expects a great career as a novelist--she's already put Isidore to work on her biography. The only time they leave their rooms is to gather on the old, stained couch and dissect prime-time television dramas in light of Aristotle's \u003ci\u003ePoetics\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIsidore has never skipped a grade or written a dissertation. But he notices things the others don't, and asks questions they fear to ask. So when tragedy strikes the Mazal family, Isidore is the only one to recognize how everyone is struggling with their grief, and perhaps the only one who can help them--if he doesn't run away from home first. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIsidore's unstinting empathy, combined with his simmering anger, makes for a complex character study, in which the elegiac and comedic build toward a heartbreaking conclusion. With \u003ci\u003eHow to Behave in a Crowd\u003c\/i\u003e, Camille Bordas immerses readers in the interior life of a boy puzzled by adulthood and beginning to realize that the adults around him are just as lost.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCamille Bordas\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two previous books in her native French. \u003ci\u003eHow to Behave in a Crowd\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel written in English. Her short stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, her nonfiction in \u003ci\u003eChicago \u003c\/i\u003emagazine. She teaches creative writing at the University of Florida MFA program in Gainesville.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 21, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756000280864,"sku":"9780451497550","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a12308f864ce037d8ce6062c2aab22a8.webp?v=1780072426","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/how-to-behave-in-a-crowd-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}