{"product_id":"9781772015430","title":"Jigsaw","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCelebrated humorist and short-story writer M.A.C. Farrant’s new non-fiction work comprises ninety-three puzzle pieces that mimic the actual practice of assembling a jigsaw puzzle.\u003c\/strong\u003e By turns whimsical, insightful, meditative, funny, and factual, the “pieces” of \u003cem\u003eJigsaw\u003c\/em\u003e touch on several themes readers of Farrant have encountered before: existence, love, joy, science, history, aging, roads, and Buddhism – and our universal love of jigsaw puzzles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOnce again, the author of the bestselling memoir \u003cem\u003eOne Good Thing\u003c\/em\u003e and of the literary “miniatures” \u003cem\u003eThe World Afloat\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Days\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Great Happiness\u003c\/em\u003e writes against the prevailing zeitgeist of doom by attempting to provide its aesthetic flip side – using humour and curiosity. \u003cem\u003eJigsaw\u003c\/em\u003e acts as a much-needed mental aid and offers potential, playful, rejuvenating answers to the dreaded question: How in the world are we going to get through these fearful times?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"M.A.C. Farrant (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Talonbooks |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2023-10-17","offer_id":44227481731327,"sku":"9781772015430","price":19.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_a5ef6c63-f8fc-4aed-882b-f6be24ea171d.jpg?v=1692920006","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781772015430","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}