{"product_id":"foreign-affairs-paperback","title":"Foreign Affairs - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlison Lurie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVirginia Miner, a fifty-something, unmarried tenured professor, is in London to work on her new book about children's folk rhymes. Despite carrying a U.S. passport, Vinnie feels essentially English and rather looks down on her fellow Americans. But in spite of that, she is drawn into a mortifying and oddly satisfying affair with an Oklahoman tourist who dresses more Bronco Billy than Beau Brummel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlso in London is Vinnie's colleague Fred Turner, a handsome, flat broke, newly separated, and thoroughly miserable young man trying to focus on his own research. Instead, he is distracted by a beautiful and unpredictable English actress and the world she belongs to. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoth American, both abroad, and both achingly lonely, Vinnie and Fred play out their confused alienation and dizzying romantic liaisons in Alison Lurie's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Smartly written, poignant, and witty, \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e remains an enduring comic masterpiece. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A splendid comedy, very bright, brilliantly written in a confident and original manner. The best book by one of our finest writers.\"\u003cbr\u003e -Elizabeth Hardwick \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"There is no American writer I have read with more constant pleasure and sympathy. . . . \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e earns the same shelf as Henry James and Edith Wharton.\"\u003cbr\u003e-John Fowles \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"If you manage to read only a few good novels a year, make this one of them.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An ingenious, touching book.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A flawless jewel.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlison Lurie\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of many highly praised novels, including\u003ci\u003e The War Between the Tates, The Truth About Lorin Jones\u003c\/i\u003e (Prix Femina Etranger), and \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e (Pulitzer Prize for fiction). She teaches writing, folklore, and literature at Cornell University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 7.96 x 5.16 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 14, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Foreign Affairs\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 19\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44342042591334,"sku":"9780812976311","price":29.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/oIqXMXWdQQ9780812976311.webp?v=1768585857","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/foreign-affairs-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}