{"product_id":"mitz-the-marmoset-of-bloomsbury","title":"Mitz: The Marmoset of Bloomsbury","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe true(ish) story of the marmoset who ruled Bloomsbury — a jewel of a book from the National Book Award–winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Friend\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 1934, a sickly marmoset named Mitz came into the care of Leonard Woolf — and proceeded to take over the household he shared with Virginia. Restored to health, she perched on Leonard's shoulder through the writing of books, the running of the Hogarth Press, dinner parties with the Bloomsbury set, and even a drive across Nazi Germany, where she charmed border guards who might otherwise have looked harder at her Jewish owner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on the Woolfs' own letters and diaries, Sigrid Nunez crafts a miniature biography that is at once a portrait of a marriage, a snapshot of literary London between the wars, and one of the most charming animal books ever written — with the gathering darkness of the 1930s always at the window.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSigrid Nunez\u003c\/strong\u003e won the National Book Award for \u003cem\u003eThe Friend\u003c\/em\u003e. This beloved early work is reissued by Virago alongside \u003cem\u003eFor Rouenna\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eNaked Sleeper\u003c\/em\u003e — all three on our shelves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePerfect for readers of\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eVirginia Woolf, \u003cem\u003eThe Friend\u003c\/em\u003e, our Library Cat and Cat's People shelf — and anyone who believes small creatures make the best biographers' subjects.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Virago (Hachette)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52116926529752,"sku":"9780349021461","price":599.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0818\/1471\/6632\/files\/9780349021461.jpg?v=1785539473","url":"https:\/\/www.readersparadise.co\/products\/mitz-the-marmoset-of-bloomsbury","provider":"Readers Paradise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}