{"product_id":"our-evenings-9780593243084","title":"Our Evenings","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the internationally acclaimed winner of the Booker Prize, \"an engrossing tale of one man's personal odyssey as he grows up, framed in exquisite language\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The finest novel yet from one of the great writers of our time.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, Town \u0026amp; Country, Slate, Good Housekeeping, Financial Times, The Economist, \u003c\/i\u003eChicago Public Library, \u003ci\u003eParade, Publishers Weekly, BookPage, Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDid I have a grievance? Most of us, without looking far, could find something that had harmed us, and oppressed us, and unfairly held us back. I tried not to dwell on it, thought it healthier not to, though I'd lived my short life so far in a chaos of privilege and prejudice.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDave Win, the son of a Burmese man he's never met and a British dressmaker, is thirteen years old when he gets a scholarship to a top boarding school. With the doors of elite English society cracked open for him, heady new possibilities emerge, even as Dave is exposed to the envy and viciousness of his wealthy classmates. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlan Hollinghurst's new novel follows Dave from the 1960s on--through the possibilities that remained open for him, and others that proved to be illusory: as a working-class brown child in a decidedly white institution; a young man discovering queer culture and experiencing his first, formative love affairs; a talented but often overlooked actor, on the road with an experimental theater company; and an older Londoner whose late-in-life marriage fills his days with an unexpected sense of happiness and security. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom \"one of our most gifted writers\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eOur Evenings \u003c\/i\u003esweeps readers from our past to our present through the beauty, pain, and joy of one deeply observed life.\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 08\/19\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593243084\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.19w x 1.03d","brand":"Alan Hollinghurst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51258261209269,"sku":"9780593243084","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c625efa8-1334-4989-ac3d-e3bfa365adc3.jpg?v=1750814604","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/our-evenings-9780593243084","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}