{"product_id":"pinocchio-in-venice-paperback","title":"Pinocchio in Venice - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Coover\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePinocchio in Venice\u003c\/em\u003e is a carnivalesque reemersion in the well-known fairy tale - as well as magic realism, Mann's \u003cem\u003eDeath in Venice\u003c\/em\u003e, and Nabokov's \u003cem\u003eLolita\u003c\/em\u003e - with the puppet, now an aged Nobel Prize winner and aesthete, returning to Venice to pay his final tribute. As he turns back to wood, Robert Coover's hero is reunited with his old friends and foes while he painfully searches for the Blue-Haired Fairy who put flesh on his limbs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten in Coover's signature style, this is both a brilliant meditation on what it means to be human and a hilarious and bawdy adventure. \u003cem\u003ePinocchio in Venice\u003c\/em\u003e represents Coover at his finest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 330\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.01 x 9.04 x 6.03 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 10, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761382719776,"sku":"9780802134851","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9524af39b2f876b17c4de988ed7fbd21.webp?v=1780206095","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/pinocchio-in-venice-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}