{"product_id":"crazy-genie-by-ines-cagnati","title":"Crazy Genie by Inès Cagnati","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA young girl clings fiercely to the damaged love of her mother—a taciturn farmworker cast out by her family and scorned by her village—in this devastating and lyrically rendered novel from a French-Italian maverick.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarie lives with her mother, Genie, in a ramshackle house by a willow-lined river in rural France. Every morning, Genie walks to the neighboring farms to do what work there is to be done. When farmers and villagers greet her, she says nothing, and keeps walking. Once, she was a lighthearted girl from the best family in the valley; now they all call her “Crazy Genie.” While her mother works, Marie waits, yearning for her mother to notice her, longing for the moment when they will be back in their lonely house by the river.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold in Marie’s ingenuous, straightforward voice, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCrazy Genie \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis the second novel by Inès Cagnati, who grew up in poverty in rural France in the 1940s, the child of Italian immigrant agricultural workers. Rich in observation and detail, and devastating in its portrayal of a child’s unconditional love and of society’s callous prejudices, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCrazy Genie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, together with her first novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFree Day\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, confirms Cagnati's astonishing power as a writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREVIEWS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\"Part fairy tale, part incantation, this devastatingly beautiful story teeters between innocence and menace. The young narrator must interpret her elusive, impenetrable mother by paying vigilant close attention, and the result is a story of exquisite observation, taut with longing, in a landscape pulsing with terrors real and imagined. I held my breath until the final word.\" —\u003cem\u003eSonya Walger\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Inès Cagnati's debut \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFree Day \u003c\/span\u003eis the only novel I recommend to everyone I know. I have prayed for another Cagnati translation, and I am grateful Liesl Schillinger has now brought \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCrazy Genie \u003c\/span\u003eto us. Here Cagnati summons another unshakable voice to tell a story that is brutal, pure, and alive. Here is the violence of rural poverty and rejection. Here is how imagination survives.\" —\u003cem\u003eAshleigh Bryant Phillips\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Cagnati] dazzles and devastates in equal measure with this tragic 1976 novel of life in the French countryside . . . Cagnati captures the seasons of agricultural life in short, poetic chapters that use repetition to great effect, conveying the characters’ slim chances of escaping their brutal world. This will leave readers in awe.\" —\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly, \u003c\/span\u003estarred review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRODUCT DETAILS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: NYRB Classics\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 979-8896230205\u003cbr\u003ePages: 160\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Page \u0026 Turner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45212696576208,"sku":null,"price":998.0,"currency_code":"PHP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/8000\/5328\/files\/9798896230205.jpg?v=1791777865","url":"https:\/\/pageandturner.ph\/products\/crazy-genie-by-ines-cagnati","provider":"Page \u0026 Turner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}