{"product_id":"arctic-summer-9781609452346","title":"Arctic Summer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis \"beautifully written and utterly compelling\" novel by the acclaimed South African author traces E. M. Forester's journey of self-discovery (\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e, London).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe year is 1912, and the SS Birmingham is approaching India. On board is Edward Morgan Forster, a reserved man taunted by writer's block, attempting to come to terms with his art and his homosexuality. During his travels, the novelist confronts his fraught childhood and falls in unrequited love with his closest friend. He also finds himself surprisingly freed to explore his \"minorite\" desires as secretary to a most unusual Maharajah.\u003cbr\u003eSlowly, the strands of a story begin to gather in Forster's mind: a sense of impending menace, lust in close confines, under a hot, empty sky. But it will be another twelve years and a second stay in India before the publication of his finest work, \u003ci\u003eA Passage to India\u003c\/i\u003e. Shifting across the landscapes of India, Egypt, and England, Forster's life is informed by his relationships--from the Egyptian tram conductor Mohammed el-Adl, to the Greek poet and literary titan C. P. Cavafy. Damon Galgut's reimagining of Forster's life is a clear and sympathetic psychological probing of one of Britain's finest novelists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Galgut inhabits  Forster] with such sympathetic completeness, and in prose of such modest excellence that he starts to breathe on the page.\"--\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Europa Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609452346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/07\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2014 pg. 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/05\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/28\/2014 pg. 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/05\/2014 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/24\/2014 pg. 69\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/06\/2014 pg. 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/22\/2014 pg. 149\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist Editors Choice\/Adult\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2015 pg. 10\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Damon Galgut","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38019369271477,"sku":"9781609452346","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5e55539c-3961-4b77-986e-850044b02caa.jpg?v=1609172189","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/arctic-summer-9781609452346","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}