{"product_id":"hunting-mister-heartbreak-jonathan-raban-9780375701016","title":"Hunting Mister Heartbreak: A Discovery of America","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eNOTABLE BOOK - An exhilarating, often deliciously funny and \"beautifully written voyage of discovery\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e) that is at once a travelogue, a social history, and a love letter to America. - From the bestselling, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eBad Land\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1782 an immigrant with the high-toned name J. Hector St. John de Cr钁ecoeur--\"Heartbreak\" in English--wrote a pioneering account of one European's transformation into an American. Some two hundred years later Jonathan Raban, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, arrived in Cr钁ecoeur's wake to see how America has paid off for succeeding generations of newcomers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the course of Hunting Mr. Heartbreak, Raban passes for homeless in New York and tries to pass for a good ol' boy in Alabama (which entails \"renting\" an elderly black lab). He sees the Protestant work ethic perfected by Korean immigrants in Seattle--one of whom celebrates her new home as \"So big! So green! So wide-wide-wide!\"--and repudiated by the lowlife of Key West. And on every page of this peerlessly observant work, Raban makes us experience America with wonder, humor, and an unblinking eye for its contradictions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Raban\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 037570101X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375701016\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 11\/03\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/1998 pg. 68","brand":"Jonathan Raban","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946558587135,"sku":"9780375701016","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_84f18e52-dec1-4f84-a3ef-819626e24800.jpg?v=1681513835","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hunting-mister-heartbreak-jonathan-raban-9780375701016","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}