{"product_id":"property-9780375713309","title":"Property","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE ORANGE PRIZE - Set in 1828 on a Louisiana sugar plantation, this novel from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMary Reilly \u003c\/i\u003epresents a \"fresh, unsentimental look at what slave-owning does to (and for) one's interior life.... The writing--so prised and clean limbed--is a marvel\" (Toni Morrison, Nobel Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eBeloved\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eManon Gaudet, pretty, bitterly intelligent, and monstrously self-absorbed, seethes under the dominion of her boorish husband. In particular his relationship with her slave Sarah, who is both his victim and his mistress. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Exploring the permutations of Manon's own obsession with Sarah against the backdrop of an impending slave rebellion, \u003ci\u003eProperty\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds with the speed and menace of heat lightning, casting a startling light from the past upon the assumptions we still make about the powerful and powerful.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVALERIE MARTIN is the author of eleven novels, four collections of short fiction, and a biography of Saint Francis of Assisi, titled \u003ci\u003eSalvation.\u003c\/i\u003e She has been awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, as well as the Kafka Prize (for \u003ci\u003eMary Reilly\u003c\/i\u003e) and Britain's Orange Prize (for \u003ci\u003eProperty\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50556155560210,"sku":"9780375713309","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5cd36844-bd6f-4b90-bdb1-72b0b9bf051b.jpg?v=1731748822","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/property-9780375713309","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}