{"product_id":"heartsnatcher-paperback","title":"Heartsnatcher - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBoris Vian\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eStanley Chapman\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eRaymond Queneau\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet in a bizarre and slightly sinister town where the elderly are auctioned off at an Old Folks Fair, the townspeople assail the priest in hopes of making it rain, and the official town scapegoat bears the shame of the citizens by fishing junk out of the river with his teeth.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeartsnatcher\u003c\/i\u003e is both Boris Vian's most playful and most serious work. The main character is Clementine, a mother who punishes her husband for causing her the excruciating pain of giving birth to three babies. As they age, she becomes increasingly obsessed with protecting them, going so far as to build an invisible wall around their property.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBoris Vian \u003c\/b\u003e(1920-1959) was an engineer, inventor, jazz trumpeter, actor, recording artist, and prolific writer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStanley Chapman\u003c\/b\u003e (1925-2009) was a British architect, designer, writer, and translator, most notably of Vian (\u003ci\u003eMood Indigo\u003c\/i\u003e) and Raymond Queneau. He was the founder of Outrapo and a member of Oulipo, the College de 'Pataphysique (of which Vian was also a member), and the Lewis Carroll Society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRaymond Queneau \u003c\/b\u003e(1903-1976) is acknowledged as one of the most influential of modern French writers, having helped determine the shape of twentieth-century French literature, especially in his role with the Oulipo, a group of authors that includes Italo Calvino, Georges Perec, and Harry Mathews, among others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Sturrock\u003c\/b\u003e is a literary journalist, sometimes deputy editor of the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, and consulting editor at t\u003ci\u003ehe London Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written widely on French literature, and is an accomplished translator.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 245\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 8 x 5.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53463456022835,"sku":"9781564782991","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/QecvN-fSR39781564782991.webp?v=1781612886","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/heartsnatcher-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}