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2529647The Pickle Indexhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-pickle-index-9780374714222/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3349166/b082f9d6-1413-408c-810f-ff518e337a85.jpg?v=638925290508400000204249MXNFarrar, Straus and GirouxInStock/Ebooks/<p><em>The Pickle Index</em> is full of life and everything elseits rowdy and sweaty and heartbreaking, and by heartbreaking I mean funny, and by funny I mean laugh-until-youre-exhausted-and-leaking-and-hungry.<br />Miranda July</p><p>Zloty Kornblatt is the hapless ringmaster of an even more hapless circus troupe. But one fateful night, Zloty makes a mistake: he accidentally makes his audience laugh. Here on the outskirts of Burfordwhere both the cuisine and the economy, such as they are, are highly dependent on pickled vegetableslaughter is a rare occasion. It draws the immediate attention of the local bureaucracy, and by morning Zloty has been branded an instigator, conspirator, and fomentor sentenced to death or worse.<br />His only hope lies with his dysfunctional troupea morose contortionist, a strongman whod rather be miming, a lion tamer paired with an elderly doga ragged band of misfits and failures who must somehow spring Zloty from his cell at the top of the Confinement Needle. Their arcane skills become strangely useful, and unlikely success follows unlikely success. Until, suddenly, the successes endleaving only Flora Bialy, Zlotys understudy and our shy narrator, to save the day.</p><p>Punctuated with evocative woodcuts by Ian Huebert, Eli Horowitzs <em>The Pickle Index</em> is a fast-moving fable, full of deadpan humor and absurd twistsand an innovative, exhilarating storytelling experience.</p>...2465691The Pickle Index204249https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-pickle-index-9780374714222/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3349166/b082f9d6-1413-408c-810f-ff518e337a85.jpg?v=638925290508400000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20159780374714222_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_<p>“<em>The Pickle Index</em> is full of life and everything else—it’s rowdy and sweaty and heartbreaking, and by heartbreaking I mean funny, and by funny I mean laugh-until-you’re-exhausted-and-leaking-and-hungry.”<br />—Miranda July</p><p>Zloty Kornblatt is the hapless ringmaster of an even more hapless circus troupe. But one fateful night, Zloty makes a mistake: he accidentally makes his audience laugh. Here on the outskirts of Burford—where both the cuisine and the economy, such as they are, are highly dependent on pickled vegetables—laughter is a rare occasion. It draws the immediate attention of the local bureaucracy, and by morning Zloty has been branded an instigator, conspirator, and fomentor sentenced to death or worse.<br />His only hope lies with his dysfunctional troupe—a morose contortionist, a strongman who’d rather be miming, a lion tamer paired with an elderly dog—a ragged band of misfits and failures who must somehow spring Zloty from his cell at the top of the Confinement Needle. Their arcane skills become strangely useful, and unlikely success follows unlikely success. Until, suddenly, the successes end—leaving only Flora Bialy, Zloty’s understudy and our shy narrator, to save the day.</p><p>Punctuated with evocative woodcuts by Ian Huebert, Eli Horowitz's <em>The Pickle Index</em> is a fast-moving fable, full of deadpan humor and absurd twists—and an innovative, exhilarating storytelling experience.</p>(*_*)9780374714222_<p><em>The Pickle Index</em> is full of life and everything elseits rowdy and sweaty and heartbreaking, and by heartbreaking I mean funny, and by funny I mean laugh-until-youre-exhausted-and-leaking-and-hungry.<br />Miranda July</p><p>Zloty Kornblatt is the hapless ringmaster of an even more hapless circus troupe. But one fateful night, Zloty makes a mistake: he accidentally makes his audience laugh. Here on the outskirts of Burfordwhere both the cuisine and the economy, such as they are, are highly dependent on pickled vegetableslaughter is a rare occasion. It draws the immediate attention of the local bureaucracy, and by morning Zloty has been branded an instigator, conspirator, and fomentor sentenced to death or worse.<br />His only hope lies with his dysfunctional troupea morose contortionist, a strongman whod rather be miming, a lion tamer paired with an elderly doga ragged band of misfits and failures who must somehow spring Zloty from his cell at the top of the Confinement Needle. Their arcane skills become strangely useful, and unlikely success follows unlikely success. Until, suddenly, the successes endleaving only Flora Bialy, Zlotys understudy and our shy narrator, to save the day.</p><p>Punctuated with evocative woodcuts by Ian Huebert, Eli Horowitzs <em>The Pickle Index</em> is a fast-moving fable, full of deadpan humor and absurd twistsand an innovative, exhilarating storytelling experience.</p>...9780374714222_Farrar, Straus and Girouxlibro_electonico_ca2e3426-e1f5-337c-bba9-22a45a421d72_9780374714222;9780374714222_9780374714222Eli HorowitzInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/macmillan-epub-93346b1b-f05e-4879-acb8-5972fed31953.epub2015-11-03T00:00:00+00:00Farrar, Straus and Giroux