{"product_id":"foreign-affairs-9780812976311","title":"Foreign Affairs","description":"WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE \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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523801780498,"sku":"9780812976311","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1cbc2d5b-01a0-4ba0-8e2f-0a2c670b2d43.jpg?v=1731168872","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/foreign-affairs-9780812976311","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}