{"product_id":"mind-of-winter-shira-nayman-9781617751035","title":"Mind of Winter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A gripping psychological thriller that will appeal to readers of historical fiction; Nayman's writing is as assured as ever.\" --\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, Starred Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOscar is a mysterious Englishman who presides over Ellis Park, a sprawling mansion in East Hampton, Long Island. It is 1951; as the jazz bands play and the ever-present houseguests waft into the ballroom, the war seems much farther away than a mere six years. However, Oscar is tormented by his own questionable wartime dealings--and embroiled in a drama involving late-night meetings with an official, with whom he speaks German. He is also haunted by memories of Christine, his great love who, after the war, sailed to Shanghai; he has no idea of the murky, moral depths into which she has fallen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of Oscar's frequent houseguests, Marilyn, a photographer who spent the war years in England, has moved in to Ellis Park for the summer and is working on a book of her wartime photography. Marilyn reminds Oscar of Christine; he finds refuge late at night sitting beside her in the pristine photographic studio he built in a basement area, deep beneath the sumptuous, brightly lit rooms above. Oscar suspects that Marilyn, married to Simon, has embarked on an affair with the adventurous Barnaby, a swashbuckling character whose far-flung wanderings included a long stint in Shanghai, where Barnaby himself had been involved with Christine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe narrative unfolds through the three different points of view of Oscar, Christine, and Marilyn, in locations on three continents--East Hampton, Shanghai, and London. \u003cem\u003eA Mind of Winter\u003c\/em\u003e is a complex, page-turning, literary psychological thriller, which takes up a rich array of themes: the ways in which we choose our beliefs and build our lives around them; the self-deceptive shadings that undulate within; the moral ambiguities of being an artist; and the ways in which sociohistorical circumstances inevitably bite into and shape personal identity and destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shira Nayman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1617751030\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781617751035\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Akashic Books, Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/26\/2012 pg. 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2012 pg. 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2012 pg. 87","brand":"Shira Nayman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47637267513599,"sku":"9781617751035","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8437ebcb-a293-4627-a884-fb26dc7a09c4.jpg?v=1765115079","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mind-of-winter-shira-nayman-9781617751035","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}