{"product_id":"shutter-of-snow-9781628976069","title":"Shutter of Snow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA tragic, visceral portrayal of motherhood and mental illness.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a prose form as startling as its content, \u003ci\u003eThe Shutter of Snow\u003c\/i\u003e portrays the postpartum fever dream of Marthe Gail, who after giving birth to her son, is committed to an insane asylum. Believing herself to be God, she maneuvers through an institutional world that is both sad and terrifying, echoing the worlds of \u003ci\u003eOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Bell Jar\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased upon the author's own experience after the birth of her son in 1924, \u003ci\u003eThe Shutter of Snow\u003c\/i\u003e retains all the energy it had when first published in 1930.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmily Holmes Coleman\u003c\/b\u003e was an American-born poet, novelist and diarist of the 20th century who lived much of her life in France and England. In 1930 she wrote one semi-autobiographical novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Shutter of Snow\u003c\/i\u003e, which was the story of a woman incarcerated in a mental hospital.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoanna Biggs\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Life of One's Own: Nine Women Writers Begin Again\u003c\/i\u003e. Born in London, she lives in New York and New Haven, and works as the deputy editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Yale Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51298529739026,"sku":"9781628976069","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e06db6f5-322c-4fb3-8e76-bb490372ce0c.jpg?v=1747825870","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/shutter-of-snow-9781628976069","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}