{"product_id":"tyll-a-novel","title":"Tyll: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the internationally best-selling author of You Should Have Left  Measuring the World  and F  a transfixing retelling of the German myth of Tyll Ulenspiegel: a story about the devastation of war and a beguiling artists decision never to die  Daniel Kehlmann masterfully weaves the fates of many historical figures into this enchanting work of magical realism and adventure. This account of the seventeenth-century vagabond performer and trickster Tyll Ulenspiegel begins when hes a scrawny boy growing up in a quiet village. When his father  a miller with a secret interest in alchemy and magic  is found out by the church  Tyll is forced to flee with the bakers daughter  Nele. They find safety and companionship with a traveling performer  who teaches Tyll his trade. And so begins a journey of discovery and performance for Tyll  as he travels through a continent devastated by the Thirty Years War and encounters along the way a hangman  a fraudulent Jesuit scholar  and the exiled King Frederick and Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia.  Tyll displays Kehlmanns remarkable narrative gifts and confirms the power of art in the face of the senseless brutality of history.  Translated from the German by Ross Benjamin\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946080628789,"sku":"ByrdShop_1524747467","price":32.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781524747466_939c82b0-481d-493a-b095-576bdc6935aa.jpg?v=1770380107","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/tyll-a-novel","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}