{"product_id":"poor-things-movie-tie-in-paperback","title":"Poor Things [Movie Tie-In] - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlasdair Gray\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNow a Major Motion Picture starring Emma Stone, Ramy Youssef, Mark Ruffalo, and Willem Dafoe, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Witty and delightfully written\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e), Alasdair Gray's \u003cem\u003ePoor Things\u003c\/em\u003e echoes Mary Shelley's \u003cem\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/em\u003e in this novel of a young woman freeing herself from the confines of the suffocating Victorian society she was created to serve. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Whitbread Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1880s in Glasgow, Scotland, medical student Archibald McCandless finds himself enchanted with the intriguing creature known as Bella Baxter. Supposedly the product of the fiendish scientist Godwin Baxter, Bella was resurrected for the sole purpose of fulfilling the whims of her benefactor. As his desire turns to obsession, Archibald's motives to free Bella are revealed to be as selfish as Godwin's, who claims her body and soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Bella has her own passions to pursue. Passions that take her to aristocratic casinos, low-life Alexandria, and a Parisian bordello, reaching an interrupted climax in a Scottish church. Exploring her station as a woman in the shadow of the patriarchy, Bella knows it is up to her to free herself--and to decide what meaning, if any, true love has in her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Gray has the look of a latter-day William Blake, with his extravagant myth-making, his strong social conscience, his liberating vision of sexuality and his flashes of righteous indignation tempered with scathing wit and sly self-mockery.\" --\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \"This work of inspired lunacy effectively skewers class snobbery, British imperialism, prudishness and the tenets of received wisdom.\"--\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\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\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751495958816,"sku":"9780063374683","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2041c2286f0145a28547aa8c6d37ea4e.webp?v=1779974271","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/poor-things-movie-tie-in-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}