{"product_id":"mating-a-novel-national-book-award-winner-paperback","title":"Mating: A Novel (National Book Award Winner) - 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\u003eNorman Rush\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER - Is love between equals possible? This modern classic is a delightful intellectual love story that explores the deepest canyons of romantic love even as it asks large questions about society, geopolitics, and the mystery of what men and women really want. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Luminous . . . Few books evoke the state of love at its apogee.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"The best rendering of erotic politics . . . since D.H. Lawrence. . . . The voice of Rush's narrator is immediate, instructive and endearing.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe narrator of this splendidly expansive novel of high intellect and grand passion is an American anthropologist at loose ends in the South African republic of Botswana. She has a noble and exacting mind, a compelling waist, and a busted thesis project. She also has a yen for Nelson Denoon, a charismatic intellectual who is rumored to have founded a secretive and unorthodox utopian society in a remote corner of the Kalahari--one in which he is virtually the only man. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat ensues is an exhilarating quest and an exuberant comedy of manners: \"A dryly comic love story about grown-up people who take the life of the mind seriously.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNorman Rush\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four works of fiction: \u003ci\u003eWhites\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of stories, and three novels, \u003ci\u003eSubtle Bodies, Mating, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMortals.\u003c\/i\u003e His stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eMating\u003c\/i\u003e was the recipient of the National Book Award. Rush and his wife live in Rockland County, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e National Book Awards (1991)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44349428105318,"sku":"9780679737094","price":27.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/TNp6oyc2-w9780679737094.webp?v=1768801839","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/mating-a-novel-national-book-award-winner-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}