{"product_id":"history-craig-raine-9780385476607","title":"History: The Home Movie","description":"A thoughtful and masterful novel in verse by an innovative 20th-century poet. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e One of England's foremost poets, Craig Raine offers a \"bold, ambitious chronicle of life\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Review\u003c\/i\u003e) told through the stories of two families, the Pasternaks and the Raines, who touch each other and are touched by history in different ways. Like a home movie, this novel in verse masterfully conjures the world in which these families move by re-creating the texture of ordinary and extraordinary life. Blending fact, fiction, and thrilling leaps of imagination, \u003ci\u003eHistory: The Home Movie\u003c\/i\u003e promises to be the film you'll ever read. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Craig Raine's History admirably reclaims poetry's narrative function, its capacity to fictionally propose a world as complex and mysterious as reality itself. A challenging, innovative, and unsettling novel in verse.\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A sly, surprising, brilliant, and yes, readable book.\"--\u003ci\u003eBoston Phoenix\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Craig Raine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0385476604\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385476607\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.52h x 5.58w x 0.86d","brand":"Craig Raine","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44119645716735,"sku":"9780385476607","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_779b5c2f-486c-4525-9734-85ccc66da0d5.jpg?v=1687410269","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/history-craig-raine-9780385476607","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}