{"product_id":"hunting-mister-heartbreak-a-discovery-of-america-9780375701016","title":"Hunting Mister Heartbreak: A Discovery of America","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eNOTABLE BOOK - An exhilarating, often deliciously funny and \"beautifully written voyage of discovery\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e) that is at once a travelogue, a social history, and a love letter to America. - From the bestselling, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eBad Land\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1782 an immigrant with the high-toned name J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur--\"Heartbreak\" in English--wrote a pioneering account of one European's transformation into an American. Some two hundred years later Jonathan Raban, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, arrived in Crèvecoeur's wake to see how America has paid off for succeeding generations of newcomers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the course of Hunting Mr. Heartbreak, Raban passes for homeless in New York and tries to pass for a good ol' boy in Alabama (which entails \"renting\" an elderly black lab). He sees the Protestant work ethic perfected by Korean immigrants in Seattle--one of whom celebrates her new home as \"So big! So green! So wide-wide-wide!\"--and repudiated by the lowlife of Key West. And on every page of this peerlessly observant work, Raban makes us experience America with wonder, humor, and an unblinking eye for its contradictions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJONATHAN RABAN\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eSurveillance\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWaxwings;\u003c\/i\u003e his nonfiction works include \u003ci\u003ePassage to Juneau, Bad Land, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Driving Home\u003c\/i\u003e. His honors include the National Book Critics Circle Award, the PEN\/West Creative Nonfiction Award, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers' Award, and the Governor's Award of the State of Washington. He died in 2023.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50410797465874,"sku":"9780375701016","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_51d2b8bb-b234-4b2a-a5ee-9c8d392e2970.jpg?v=1729307515","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hunting-mister-heartbreak-a-discovery-of-america-9780375701016","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}