{"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\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/09\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400032082\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/02\/2005 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e86506 \/ Hottentot Venus: A Novel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.8 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 21\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Barbara Chase-Riboud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44413556654261,"sku":"9781400032082","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f1ea5881-6ce1-4e8d-ae9e-20a703d490c2.jpg?v=1720537630","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/hottentot-venus-9781400032082","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}