{"product_id":"property-9780375713309","title":"Property","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE ORANGE PRIZE - Set in 1828 on a Louisiana sugar plantation, this novel from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMary Reilly \u003c\/i\u003epresents a \"fresh, unsentimental look at what slave-owning does to (and for) one's interior life.... The writing--so prised and clean limbed--is a marvel\" (Toni Morrison, Nobel Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eBeloved\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eManon Gaudet, pretty, bitterly intelligent, and monstrously self-absorbed, seethes under the dominion of her boorish husband. In particular his relationship with her slave Sarah, who is both his victim and his mistress. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Exploring the permutations of Manon's own obsession with Sarah against the backdrop of an impending slave rebellion, \u003ci\u003eProperty\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds with the speed and menace of heat lightning, casting a startling light from the past upon the assumptions we still make about the powerful and powerful.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/13\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375713309\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/18\/2004 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Valerie Martin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43733078900917,"sku":"9780375713309","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_ff0b6bb5-4511-4dc9-88f9-4d14c44bc4da.jpg?v=1710258218","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/property-9780375713309","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}