Longtime Brooklynite Jenny Slate to read ‘Marcel the Shell’ in Cobble Hill
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“Brooklyn is a place with a real beating heart, and I miss it,” famed actress and writer Jenny Slate told the Brooklyn Eagle in a recent interview. Known for her starring role in the recent film “Obvious Child,” and for her involvement in numerous television shows, the L.A.-based comedienne is returning to Brooklyn to speak about one of her latest projects — an illustrated book depicting Marcel the Shell, a lovable character Slate has given voice to over the past several years.
“Marcel the Shell: The Most Surprised I’ve Ever Been” (Razorbill) follows the enormously popular 2010 short film Slate created with her husband Dean Fleischer-Camp, “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On,” as well as a 2011 New York Times bestselling book, “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On: Things About Me.” Slate’s and Fleischer-Camp’s new book follows the tiny seashell Marcel on a new adventure as he’s unexpectedly projected all the way across the apartment in which he lives. As he launches through the air, Marcel sees and reflects upon all that the space houses — including a large baby and Marcel’s own beloved grandmother, Nana Connie, who sleeps in a fancy French bread.