{"product_id":"a-leopard-skin-hat-1","title":"A Leopard-Skin Hat","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Leopard-Skin Hat\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e may be the French writer Anne Serre’s most moving novel yet. Hailed in Le Point as a “masterpiece of simplicity, emotion and elegance,” it is the story of an intense friendship between “the Narrator” and his close childhood friend, Fanny, who suffers from profound psychological disorders. A series of short scenes paints the portrait of a strong-willed and tormented young woman battling many demons, and of the narrator’s loving and anguished attachment to her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnne Serre poignantly depicts the bewildering back and forth between hope and despair involved in such a relationship, while playfully calling into question the very form of the novel. Written in the aftermath of the death of the author’s little sister, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Leopard-Skin Hat\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is both the celebration of a tragically foreshortened life and a valedictory farewell, written in Anne Serre’s signature style.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFormat: Small format paperback\u003cbr\u003ePublished: USA, 2023\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: New Directions\u003cbr\u003ePages: 120\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003eISBN 10: 0811234517\u003cbr\u003eISBN 13: 9780811234511\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anne Serre","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53010839339274,"sku":null,"price":15.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/files\/9780811234511.jpg?v=1778236616","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/a-leopard-skin-hat-1","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}