{"product_id":"a-plea-for-eros-siri-hustvedt-9780312425531","title":"A Plea for Eros: Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of the international bestseller \u003ci\u003eWhat I Loved, \u003c\/i\u003e a provocative collection of autobiographical and critical essays about writing and writers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether her subject is growing up in Minnesota, cross-dressing, or the novel, Hustvedt's nonfiction, like her fiction, defies easy categorization, elegantly combining intellect, emotion, wit, and passion. With a light touch and consummate clarity, she undresses the cultural prejudices that veil both literature and life and explores the multiple personalities that inevitably inhabit a writer's mind. Is it possible for a woman in the twentieth century to endorse the corset, and at the same time approach with authority what it is like to be a man? Hustvedt does. Writing with rigorous honesty about her own divided self, and how this has shaped her as a writer, she also approaches the works of others--Fitzgerald, Dickens, and Henry James--with revelatory insight, and a practitioner's understanding of their art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Siri Hustvedt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312425538\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312425531\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/27\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/03\/2005 pg. 58\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2005 pg. 1063\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2006 pg. 118\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2006 pg. 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/19\/2006 pg. 25","brand":"Siri Hustvedt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046965735679,"sku":"9780312425531","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1cc5398e-9738-4760-b76d-8033b3fa75c9.jpg?v=1684987512","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-plea-for-eros-siri-hustvedt-9780312425531","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}