{"product_id":"the-history-of-the-dolls-and-what-they-did","title":"The History of the Dolls and What They Did","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"productExcerpt\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow it will go is this, said Vivian; we have to find out what the dolls are planning, and we seem to be getting nowhere. Let’s play a game where we try to catch the dolls in a lie. Whoever catches more lies will win. Abigail agreed to the stakes.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003eThe questions of animacy and reality that hover over childhood are given new thrust in the absurdist writer Jesse Ball’s playdate horror,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe History of the Dolls and What They Did\u003c\/em\u003e. Set within a home nursery, Ball’s short story follows two young girls into a world of clipped agency and brute amusement that mimes the cruelties of our own. Accompanied by spare illustrations, The History of the Dolls is a breathtaking fable of chorality and control with many a perspectival shift. For fans of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSuspiria\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand Shirley Jackson.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback | 128 pages | 4\" x 2.75\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jesse Ball","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47573390917864,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0386\/5896\/5549\/files\/Screenshot2025-08-11at2.56.31PM.png?v=1754940042","url":"https:\/\/typebooks.live\/products\/the-history-of-the-dolls-and-what-they-did","provider":"TYPE Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}