{"product_id":"anne-marie-the-beauty-yasmina-reza-9781644210512","title":"Anne-Marie the Beauty","description":"\u003cb\u003eAnother thought-provoking master class in how we perform life by the award-winning novelist and playwright Yasmina Reza.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I was bored with my husband,\" says Anne-Marie, the irrepressible voice of \u003ci\u003eAnne-Marie la Beauté\u003c\/i\u003e, \"but you know, boredom is part of love.\" Mostly she is speaking here of her more famous friend and colleague, the French actress Giselle Fayolle, in whose shadow she has spent her career. \"My life was a near miss,\" she adds, before explaining that she enunciated well because \"I loved to say the words.\" A very short novel with the power and resonance of a much longer one, \u003ci\u003eAnne-Marie the Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e is a profound and moving act of remembrance, a clear-eyed assessment of the hard-edged nature of fame, a meditation on aging--and a wonderfully observant and comic exploration of human foibles. In short, another thought-provoking master class in how we perform life by the peerless Yasmina Reza.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yasmina Reza\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1644210517\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644210512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seven Stories Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/29\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2021 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2021 pg. 107","brand":"Yasmina Reza","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048245948671,"sku":"9781644210512","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_df204c85-67c3-4edc-838c-b206f160138c.jpg?v=1684994712","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/anne-marie-the-beauty-yasmina-reza-9781644210512","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}