{"product_id":"look-hamlet-hardcover","title":"Look Hamlet - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarbro Lindgren\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnna Höglund\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator), \u003cb\u003eRachel Willson-Broyles\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA hilarious, darkly comic graphic retelling of Shakespeare's \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHamlet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e in radically condensed prose by legendary Swedish children's author Barbro Lindgren and illustrator Anna H glund.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLook Hamlet.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHamlet not happy. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHamlet's mommy dumb. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHamlet's daddy dead.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo begins this wonderfully strange, dark, and hilarious picture book version of Shakespeare's greatest tragedy boiled down to its smallest possible size: 100 words, give or take, and fifteen etchings that look like the lovechild of Beatrix Potter and Edward Gorey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn our despondent antihero, a lop-eared bunny Hamlet with handbag in tow, is somehow embodied all the tremendous pathos of Shakespeare's Danish Prince. And in legendary Swedish children's author Barbro Lindgren's pithy prose resides the poetry of the original, reworked for the era of memes and short attention spans. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBold and brilliant, irreverent and humane, \u003ci\u003eLook Hamlet\u003c\/i\u003e is the perfect irreverent gift for Shakespeare readers of all ages. As the Bard himself wrote: \"brevity is the soul of wit.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbro Lindgren, \u003c\/b\u003e born in 1937, is a Swedish author of innovative and multifaceted works for children of all ages. The winner of the world's largest children's literature prize, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA), her body of work includes picture books, poetry, plays, and books for young adults. Since her debut as an author in 1965, she has published over a hundred titles, and her work has been translated into more than thirty languages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStarting out as a poor painter, artist \u003cb\u003eAnna Höglund\u003c\/b\u003e believed making picture books would put more solid food on the table for her family. It didn't really. But she discovered the possibilities of the medium, which today she still considers the ultimate: the crossbreeding of text and picture suits her perfectly. She has been doing this since 1982, when she was twenty-four. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel Willson-Broyles\u003c\/b\u003e is a freelance translator based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She received her BA from Gustavus Adolphus College and her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her other translations include Jonas Hassen Khemiri's novels \u003ci\u003eMontecore\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEverything I Don't Remember\u003c\/i\u003e and plays \u003ci\u003eINVASION!\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eI Call My Brothers, in Persson Giolito's novel \u003ci\u003eQuicksand, \u003ci\u003e and Jonas Jonasson's novels \u003ci\u003eThe Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old-Man.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 32\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.3 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 29, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770461454624,"sku":"9781632062598","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f3f74167fc3f11bdf4be906a5b63b8ba.webp?v=1780372151","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/look-hamlet-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}