Foreign Affairs by Alison Lurie (English) Paperback Book

Description: Foreign Affairs by Alison Lurie If youre coming to Lurie for the first time, you must begin with the Pulitzer Prize-winning Foreign Affairs GuardianVinnie Miner is an American professor of childrens literature on her way to London for six months of research. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This is the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by a master of comedy and tragedy in human relationships, the great Alison LurieIf youre coming to Lurie for the first time, you must begin with the Pulitzer Prize-winning Foreign Affairs GuardianVinnie Miner is an American professor of childrens literature on her way to London for six months of research. Settling into her aeroplane seat she finds herself accosted by Chuck, a brash engineer wearing cowboy boots. She never imagines shell see him again. But wet, windy London turns out to be the setting for fresh beginnings, and for Vinnie, a place to take up space, breathe the air, and to refuse to become a minor character in ones own life.Foreign Affairs is a comic, heart-wrenching masterpiece of unexpected romance.WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY AMANDA CRAIG Author Biography Alison Lurie has published ten novels, among them Foreign Affairs (which won the Pulitzer Prize), The Truth About Lorin Jones (winner of the Prix Femina etranger), and The Last Resort. She is also the author of many works of non-fiction, including The Language of Clothes, Dont Tell the Grownups, Familiar Spirits (a memoir of the poet James Merrill) and two collections of essays and reviews, Reading for Fun and Words and Worlds. She taught literature, folklore and creative writing at Cornell University for many years and is now the Whiton Professor of American Literature emerita. She lives in upstate New York but has also spent much time in Key West, Florida and in London, all of which have provided settings for her fiction. She is married to the writer Edward Hower, and has three sons and three grandchildren. Review I devoured the book at a sitting and then went back for a second dip at once * Sunday Telegraph *If youre coming to Lurie for the first time, you must begin with the Pulitzer prize-winning Foreign Affairs * Guardian *Lurie...has quietly but surely established herself as one of this countrys most able and witty novelists * New York Times (1984) *Perhaps more shocking than she knows - shocking like Jane Austen, not GenetIn Foreign Affairs no detail lacks its special piquancy. And none can be savored without leaving you with a mouthful of barbed hooks * New York Times * Promotional This is the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by a master of comedy and tragedy in human relationships, the great Alison Lurie Review Text I devoured the book at a sitting and then went back for a second dip at once Review Quote Perhaps more shocking than she knows - shocking like Jane Austen, not Genet Promotional "Headline" This is the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by a master of comedy and tragedy in human relationships, the great Alison Lurie Details ISBN1784876240 Author Alison Lurie Language English Year 2020 ISBN-10 1784876240 ISBN-13 9781784876241 Publication Date 2020-09-03 Pages 320 Publisher Vintage Publishing UK Release Date 2020-09-03 Format Paperback Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2020-09-03 NZ Release Date 2020-09-03 Illustrator Gregory Copeland Birth 1939 Death 1988 Affiliation Rex Weyler Position Author Qualifications Ph.D. Imprint Vintage Classics Alternative 9781446425534 DEWEY 813.54 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:129666958;

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