{"product_id":"the-world-is-round-1","title":"The World Is Round","description":"Published to commemorate its 75th anniversary  The World Is Round brings back into print the classic story created by Gertrude Stein and Clement Hurd. Written in her unique prose style  Gertrude Steins The World Is Round chronicles the adventures of a young girl named Rosea whimsical tale that delights in wordplay and sound while exploring the ideas of personal identity and individuality. This stunning volume replicates the original 1939 edition to a T  including all of Clement Hurds original blue-and-white art printed on the rose-pink paper that Stein insisted upon. Also featured here are two essays that provide an inside view to the making of the book. The first  a foreword by Clement Hurds son  author and illustrator Thacher Hurd  includes previously unpublished photographs and sheds light on a creative family life in Vermont  where his father and mother  author Edith Thacher Hurd  often collaborated on childrens books. The second essay  an afterword by Edith Thacher Hurd  takes readers behind the scenes of the making of The World Is Round  including the numerous letters exchanged between Hurd and Stein as well as images of Stein with the real-life Rose and her white poodle  Love.","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44925851893813,"sku":"ByrdShop_006220307X","price":42.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_006220307X_fbde781a-23a7-467f-b1c2-647ec0da7e9c.jpg?v=1770147807","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-world-is-round-1","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}