{"product_id":"foreign-affairs-9780812976311","title":"Foreign Affairs","description":"WINNER 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e -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.\"\u003cbr\u003e-John Fowles \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"If you manage to read only a few good novels a year, make this one of them.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An ingenious, touching book.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A flawless jewel.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Trade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/14\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812976311\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.96h x 5.16w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e10837 \/ Foreign Affairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.8 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 19\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Alison Lurie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36644437721244,"sku":"9780812976311","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_30c94220-1100-47fe-8c33-510f34bd7383.jpg?v=1603858631","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/foreign-affairs-9780812976311","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}