{"product_id":"letter-to-the-americans-jean-cocteau-9780811231596","title":"Letter to the Americans","description":"In 1949, Jean Cocteau spent twenty days in New York, and began composing on the plane ride home this essay filled with the vivid impressions of his trip. With his unmistakable prose and graceful wit, he compares and contrasts French and American culture: the different values they place on art, literature, liberty, psychology, and dreams. Cocteau sees the incredibly buoyant hopes in America's promise, while at the same time warning of the many ills that the nation will have to confront--its hypocrisy, sexism, racism, and hegemonic aspirations--in order to realize this potential. Never before translated into English, \u003cem\u003eLetter to the Americans\u003c\/em\u003e remains as timely and urgent as when it was first published in France over seventy years ago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean Cocteau\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0811231593\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811231596\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/21\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.10h x 4.30w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/23\/2022","brand":"Jean Cocteau","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43945071870207,"sku":"9780811231596","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_1d615589-3d1b-4c00-9f51-71d9cce41bd1.jpg?v=1681506622","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/letter-to-the-americans-jean-cocteau-9780811231596","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}