{"product_id":"the-romance-of-american-communism-9781788735506","title":"The Romance of American Communism","description":"\u003cb\u003eWriter and critic Vivian Gornick's long-unavailable classic exploring how Left politics gave depth and meaning to American life\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Before I knew that I was Jewish or a girl I knew that I was a member of the working class.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e So begins Vivian Gornick's exploration of how the world of socialists, communists, and progressives in the 1940s and 1950s created a rich, diverse world where ordinary men and women felt their lives connected to a larger human project. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now back in print after its initial publication in 1977 and with a new introduction by the author, \u003ci\u003eThe Romance of American Communism\u003c\/i\u003e is a landmark work of new journalism, profiling American Communist Party members and fellow travelers as they joined the Party, lived within its orbit, and left in disillusionment and disappointment as Stalin's crimes became public.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVivian Gornick\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and critic whose work has received two National Book Critics Circle Award nominations and been collected in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Essays 2014\u003c\/i\u003e. Growing up in the Bronx amongst communists and socialists, Gornick became a legendary writer for \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, chronicling the emergence of the feminist movement in the 1970s. Her works include the memoirs \u003ci\u003eFierce Attachments\u003c\/i\u003e (1987) and \u003ci\u003eThe Odd Woman and the City\u003c\/i\u003e (2015) and the classic text on writing, \u003ci\u003eThe Situation and the Story\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50475671388434,"sku":"9781788735506","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e83368e5-2f63-4bbd-88ce-c4d02aa4af3b.jpg?v=1730238504","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-romance-of-american-communism-9781788735506","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}