{"product_id":"dark-reflections-samuel-r-delany-9780486836096","title":"Dark Reflections","description":"\"A writer of seemingly limitless range.\" -- Michael Cunningham, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hours\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This Stonewall Book Award-winning novel traces the life and unrealized dreams of Arnold Hawley, a gay African American poet. The tale unfolds in three non-chronological parts, starting in the twenty-first century with Hawley's lonely old age and the failure of his latest volume of poetry. The narrative then retreats to the 1970s to recount Hawley's impulsive marriage to a homeless woman. A final section revisits the poet's student days, during which an aborted sexual encounter sets the pattern for a lifetime of regrets and missed opportunities. A meditation on isolation and sexual repression, \u003ci\u003eDark Reflections \u003c\/i\u003ealso offers an acerbic look at the literary world and the frustrations intrinsic to artistic life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A devastating and beautifully written study of the loneliness and despair that so often accompany the life of the mind in America.\" -- \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eDark Reflections\u003c\/i\u003e is among the most detailed, thoughtful, and heartbreaking portrayals of a writer's life.\" -- \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Samuel R. Delany\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0486836096\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486836096\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/19\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 4.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Samuel R. Delany","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46420675985663,"sku":"9780486836096","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6177c674-fe2e-4e10-b608-fc0c106f952d.jpg?v=1734635334","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dark-reflections-samuel-r-delany-9780486836096","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}