{"product_id":"the-glorious-ones-paperback","title":"The Glorious Ones - 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\u003eFrancine Prose\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Francine Prose is one of a handful of truly indispensable American writers.\" --Gary Shteyngart\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Glorious Ones are an unlikely troupe--there's Armanda, the cheerful dwarf and ex-nun; chattering Columbina; Pantalone the miser; and the wicked Brighella; all led by Flaminio Scala, the self-proclaimed most courageous man in Christendom. They travel up and down seventeenth-century Italy, performing in palaces and poor villages alike. For all their wild differences, not one of them is prepared for the arrival of the mysterious Isabella, their new boss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancine Prose \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of twenty-two works of fiction including the highly acclaimed \u003ci\u003eThe Vixen;\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMister Monkey\u003c\/i\u003e; the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eLovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eA Changed Man\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize; and \u003ci\u003eBlue Angel\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her works of nonfiction include the highly praised \u003ci\u003eAnne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife, \u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eReading Like a Writer\u003c\/i\u003e, which has become a classic. The recipient of numerous grants and honors, including a Guggenheim and a Fulbright, a Director's Fellow at the Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library, Prose is a former president of PEN American Center, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is a Distinguished Writer in Residence at Bard College.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 154\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.36 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 29, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53463922704691,"sku":"9781480445420","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/Z9H-bqNIdT9781480445420.webp?v=1781577164","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/the-glorious-ones-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}