{"product_id":"abrams-secrets-of-the-gnomes","title":"Secrets of the Gnomes by Wil Huygen","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1982, \u003cem\u003eSecrets of the Gnomes\u003c\/em\u003e is Wil Huygen and Rien Poortvliet’s follow-up to \u003ca href=\"\/products\/abrams-gnomes\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGnomes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, first published in 1977. It returns to the hidden woodland world of the original, bringing its creators into the lives they previously documented.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBEYOND THE ORIGINAL\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGnomes\u003c\/em\u003e approached its imaginary inhabitants with the detail and seriousness of a natural-history guide. This companion continues that blend of observation and invention while taking a more personal turn: the authors themselves become participants in gnome life. For readers who grew up studying the original in the late 1970s and 1980s, it offers another way into that familiar world, moving from looking at its inhabitants to imagining life alongside them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eINSIDE THE BOOK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross 200 hand-illustrated pages, sketches and firsthand observations explore gnome life in forests, gardens, and underground homes. Stories of their adventures and wisdom sit alongside accounts of their folklore, culture, and habits, rewarding the same close attention to small details that makes the original so absorbing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors’ passage into this world begins with a meal of mushrooms and cream said to taste of “everything that light, air, sun, moon, and earth could produce.” Afterward, they find themselves transformed into gnomes, turning their study of a hidden society into an experience of belonging to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE COMPANION VOLUME\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRead alongside \u003ca href=\"\/products\/abrams-gnomes\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGnomes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, this follow-up extends the original’s illustrated survey with further stories and encounters. The two books offer complementary perspectives on Huygen and Poortvliet’s world: its carefully described everyday life and the adventures of entering it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAUTHOR:\u003c\/strong\u003e Wil Huygen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eILLUSTRATOR:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rien Poortvliet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eORIGINAL PUBLICATION:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1982\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFORMAT:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200 hand-illustrated pages\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePUBLISHER:\u003c\/strong\u003e Abrams\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Abrams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67607905272093,"sku":"ABRAMS-BOOK-SECRETSOFGNOMES","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0738\/1195\/1901\/files\/353f56ef5128bb3d3725344e18f550543a889e06595720ef7e3e80632d9a2da5.jpg?v=1792093661","url":"https:\/\/supertinymegastore.com\/products\/abrams-secrets-of-the-gnomes","provider":"Sparks - Super Tiny Megastore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}