{"product_id":"pearl-9781580440332","title":"Pearl","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sarah Stanbury\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Medieval Institute Publications\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePearl\u003c\/i\u003e resists identification by author, date, occasion, or place of composition; still it is almost unanimously hailed as one of the masterpieces of our literature, so skilled is its author, so eloquent its language. It is a story, according to Sarah Stanbury, \"of crossing-over, the stepping out from the ordinary life into a parallel universe where things operate by different natural laws: down the rabbit hole, through the wardrobe or looking glass, across the ocean to be shipwrecked on Prospero's island, or more recently, across a bridge to the island of Willow Springs in Gloria Naylor's haunting novel, \u003ci\u003eMama Day\u003c\/i\u003e, where the crossing-over moves into a place of memory and hope, the nostalgic space of home as well as Beulah or Eden, the earthly paradise.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Medieval Institute Publications","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47590886408343,"sku":"9781580440332","price":1474.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781580440332.webp?v=1774970895","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/pearl-9781580440332","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}