{"product_id":"the-transit-of-venus-9780140107470","title":"The Transit of Venus","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe masterpiece of Shirley Hazzard (1931-2016), \u003ci\u003eThe Transit of Venus \u003c\/i\u003ewon the National Book Critics' Circle Award and was a finalist for the National Book Award. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Transit of Venus\u003c\/i\u003e is considered Shirley Hazzard's most brilliant novel. It tells the story of two orphan sisters, Caroline and Grace Bell, as they leave Australia to start a new life in post-war England. What happens to these young women--seduction and abandonment, marriage and widowhood, love and betrayal--becomes as moving and wonderful and yet as predestined as the transits of the planets themselves. Gorgeously written and intricately constructed, Hazzard's novel is a story of place: Sydney, London, New York, Stockholm; of time: from the fifties to the eighties; and above all, of women and men in their passage through the displacements and absurdities of modern life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/1990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140107470\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.72h x 5.12w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Critics Circle Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/24\/1990\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Shirley Hazzard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36634742227100,"sku":"9780140107470","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e837e44f-e1ef-4c5a-8d95-755fec0c64cc.jpg?v=1603837535","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-transit-of-venus-9780140107470","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}