{"product_id":"hottentot-venus-9781400032082","title":"Hottentot Venus","description":"It is Paris, 1815. An extraordinarily shaped South African girl known as the Hottentot Venus, dressed only in feathers and beads, swings from a crystal chandelier in the duchess of Berry's ballroom. Below her, the audience shouts insults and pornographic obscenities. Among these spectators is Napoleon's physician and the most famous naturalist in Europe, the Baron George Cuvier, whose encounter with her will inspire a theory of race that will change European science forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvoking the grand tradition of such \"monster\" tales as \u003cb\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003cb\u003eThe Hunchback of Notre Dame\u003c\/b\u003e, Barbara Chase Riboud, prize-winning author of the classic \u003cb\u003eSally Hemings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e again gives voice to an \"invisible\" of history. In this powerful saga, Sarah Baartman, for more than 200 years known only as the mysterious lady in the glass cage, comes vividly and unforgettably to life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarbara Chase-Riboud is a Carl Sandburg Prize-winning poet and the prize-winning author of four acclaimed, widely translated historical novels, the bestselling \u003cb\u003eSally Hemings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eValide: A Novel of the Harem\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eEcho of Lions\u003c\/b\u003e (about the Amistad mutiny), and \u003cb\u003eThe President's Daughter\u003c\/b\u003e. She is a winner of the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize and received a knighthood in arts and letters from the French government in 1996. Chase-Riboud is also a renowned sculptor whose award-winning monuments grace Lower Manhattan. She is a rare living artist honored with a personal exhibition, \"The Monument Drawings,\" in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Born and raised in Philadelphia, of Canadian American descent, she is the recipient of numerous fellowships and honorary degrees. She divides her time among Paris, Rome and the United States.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50464849166610,"sku":"9781400032082","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f5573361-81ba-4b43-afe1-bf951744e279.jpg?v=1730108675","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hottentot-venus-9781400032082","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}