{"product_id":"the-sorrows-of-an-american-9780312428204","title":"The Sorrows of an American","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Erik Davidsen and his sister, Inga, find a disturbing note among their late father's papers, they believe he may be implicated in a mysterious death. Siri Hustvedt's\u003ci\u003e The Sorrows of an American \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of the Davidsen family as brother and sister unbandage its wounds in the year following their father's funeral. Erik is a psychiatrist dangerously vulnerable to his patients; Inga is a writer whose late husband, a famous novelist, seems to have concealed a secret life. Interwoven with each new mystery in their lives are discoveries about their father's youth--poverty, the War, the Depression--that bring new implications to his relationship with his children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis masterful novel reveals one family's hidden sorrows in an \"elegant meditation on familial grief, memory, and imagination\" (\u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312428204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.26h x 5.48w x 0.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/29\/2009 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Siri Hustvedt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635883438236,"sku":"9780312428204","price":20.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_402e2779-dc93-434e-a664-400db8b8ceee.jpg?v=1603840789","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-sorrows-of-an-american-9780312428204","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}