{"product_id":"there-once-lived-a-woman-who-tried-to-kill-her-neighbors-baby-scary-fairy-tales-9780143114666","title":"There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor's Baby: Scary Fairy Tales","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eBestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWinner of the World Fantasy Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003es 10 Best Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003e One of NPR's 5 Best Works of Foreign Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe celebrated scary fairy tales of Russia's preeminent contemporary fiction writer--the author of the prizewinning memoir about growing up in Stalinist Russia, \u003ci\u003eThe Girl from the Metropol Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Vanishings and aparitions, nightmares and twists of fate, mysterious ailments and supernatural interventions haunt these stories by the Russian master Ludmilla Petrushevskaya, heir to the spellbinding tradition of Gogol and Poe. Blending the miraculous with the macabre, and leavened by a mischievous gallows humor, these bewitching tales are like nothing being written in Russia--or anywhere else in the world--today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLudmilla Petrushevskaya\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1938 in Moscow, where she still lives. She is the author of more than fifteen volumes of prose, including \u003ci\u003eThere Once Lived a Girl Who Seduced Her Sister's Husband, and He Hanged Himself: Love Stories\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThere Once Lived a Mother Who Loved Her Children, Until They Moved Back In: Three Novellas About Family\u003c\/i\u003e; and a prizewinning memoir, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Girl from the Metropol Hotel.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e A singular force in modern Russian fiction, she is also a playwright whose work has been staged by leading theater companies all over the world. In 2002 she received Russia's most prestigious prize, The Triumph, for lifetime achievement.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50644922499346,"sku":"9780143114666","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4f70dd82-a489-47e8-b0bd-7da061762f80.jpg?v=1733129699","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/there-once-lived-a-woman-who-tried-to-kill-her-neighbors-baby-scary-fairy-tales-9780143114666","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}