{"product_id":"foreign-affairs-alison-lurie-paperback","title":"Foreign Affairs -- Alison Lurie, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVirginia Miner, a fifty-something, unmarried tenured professor, is in London to work on her new book about children's folk rhymes. Despite carrying a U.S. passport, Vinnie feels essentially English and rather looks down on her fellow Americans. But in spite of that, she is drawn into a mortifying and oddly satisfying affair with an Oklahoman tourist who dresses more Bronco Billy than Beau Brummel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlso in London is Vinnie's colleague Fred Turner, a handsome, flat broke, newly separated, and thoroughly miserable young man trying to focus on his own research. Instead, he is distracted by a beautiful and unpredictable English actress and the world she belongs to. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoth American, both abroad, and both achingly lonely, Vinnie and Fred play out their confused alienation and dizzying romantic liaisons in Alison Lurie's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Smartly written, poignant, and witty, \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e remains an enduring comic masterpiece. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A splendid comedy, very bright, brilliantly written in a confident and original manner. The best book by one of our finest writers.\" -Elizabeth Hardwick \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"There is no American writer I have read with more constant pleasure and sympathy. . . . \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e earns the same shelf as Henry James and Edith Wharton.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\n-John Fowles \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"If you manage to read only a few good novels a year, make this one of them.\"\n\n-\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An ingenious, touching book.\"\n\n-\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A flawless jewel.\"\n\n-\u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Alison Lurie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Random House Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11\/14\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.96\" H x 5.16\" L x 0.66\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780812976311\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67987606929712,"sku":"9780812976311","price":23.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9780812976311.jpg?v=1791606359","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/foreign-affairs-alison-lurie-paperback","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}