{"product_id":"the-magicians-wife-9780486800493","title":"The Magician's Wife","description":"\"A dark, menacingly brilliant tale, tinged with the erotic . . . a kind of film noir between covers directed by Fellini.\" ― \u003ci\u003eLA Times \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Brilliant, funny, hallucinatory.\" ― Joyce Carol Oates \u003cbr\u003e\"More engaging than 96 percent of the fiction published in France or North America today.\" ― \u003ci\u003eArtform\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"The story and the art are both eerie and erotic.\" ― \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpanning multiple decades and continents, this phantasmagorical epic is the result of a unique collaboration between an award-winning American author and the famous French illustrator of Alexandro Jodorowsky's \u003ci\u003eBouncer\u003c\/i\u003e series. Writer Jerome Charyn and artist Fran ois Boucq combine their talents to recount a surrealistic tale about the wife of a philandering magician and her struggles with terrifying demons, both real and imaginary. \u003cbr\u003eOriginally published as \u003ci\u003eLa Femme du magicien, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Magician's Wife\u003c\/i\u003e was awarded the 1986 Prix Alfred (Angoul me) and the Grand Prix (Sierre). The English-language version has been out of print for three decades, during which time the graphic novel has developed a deep cult following ― this new edition promises to mesmerize a new generation of readers. Suggested for mature readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/21\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486800493\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.80h x 8.10w x 0.30d","brand":"Jerome Charyn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36637917216924,"sku":"9780486800493","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5e697e7a-a319-4efe-b9a6-490253ea807a.jpg?v=1603845997","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-magicians-wife-9780486800493","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}