{"product_id":"9781616205034","title":"Long Story Short : 100 Classic Books in Three Panels","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eLong Story Short\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Lisa Brown\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterature is long. Comics are short.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Does Proust get you down? Do you find \u003ci\u003eThe Unbearable Lightness of Being \u003c\/i\u003esimply unbearable? Is \u003ci\u003eThe Inferno \u003c\/i\u003eyour own private hell? Do you long to be conversant about classics like \u003ci\u003eMoby Dick\u003c\/i\u003e, the Bhagavad Gita, \u003ci\u003eMadame Bovary\u003c\/i\u003e, and, um, \u003ci\u003eTwilight\u003c\/i\u003e?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Bestselling illustrator Lisa Brown (\u003ci\u003eThe Airport Book\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Baby, Mix Me a Drink\u003c\/i\u003e) did her homework. \u003ci\u003eLong Story Short\u003c\/i\u003e offers 100 pithy and skewering three-panel literary summaries, from curriculum classics like\u003ci\u003e Don Quixote\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Lord of the Flies\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eJane Eyre \u003c\/i\u003eto modern favorites like \u003ci\u003eBeloved\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAtonement\u003c\/i\u003e, conveniently organized by subjects including “Love,” “Sex,” “Death,” and “Female Trouble.” Lisa Brown’s \u003ci\u003eLong Story Short\u003c\/i\u003e is the perfect way to turn a traipse through what your English teacher called “the canon” into a frolic—or to happily cram for the next occasion that requires you to appear bookish and well-read.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\"You probably began this quarantine with dreams of rereading \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e or\u003ci\u003e Persuasion\u003c\/i\u003e. But if you’re like me, you’re finding it hard to concentrate on anything more than a tweet. Fortunately, Lisa Brown has just published \u003ci\u003eLong Story Short\u003c\/i\u003e, a witty collection of cartoon book reviews.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eRon Charles, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A collection of three-panel comics that slyly condense hefty works of literature.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eLucy Knisley, author and illustrator of \u003ci\u003eRelish: My Life in the Kitchen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"It’s lighter than CliffsNotes and quite possibly more entertaining than the originals (the horror, the horror!)\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781616205034\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Algonquin Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40859958804686,"sku":"9781616205034","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_121ea7f7-0ccd-447b-9e1d-db7f564d97d9.jpg?v=1643964157","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781616205034","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}