{"product_id":"my-big-apartment-christian-oster-9780803235670","title":"My Big Apartment","description":"Winner of the prestigious Prix Medicis and a bestseller in France, \u003ci\u003eMy Big Apartment\u003c\/i\u003e is a humorous and ironic look at the serious subject of growing up. Always accessible but never facile, Christian Oster's books tell of the endless human quest for love and equilibrium in the world. Oster's gift is to make this timeless theme new through deadpan humor, a slyly cerebral style, and a deeply ingrained sense of melancholy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gavarine, the gentle but immature protagonist of \u003ci\u003eMy Big Apartment\u003c\/i\u003e, is ambitious only in the search for love. When he loses the keys to his apartment, he loses much more than access to his home. Yet through a true comedy of errors Gavarine ends up finding everything he was looking for, in a way he could never have expected. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Though \u003ci\u003eMy Big Apartment\u003c\/i\u003e can be read purely as a wry romantic comedy, the language is unfailingly rich in implications; there is always more going on in this story than meets the eye. At once unapologetically sentimental and overtly intellectual, Oster's writing belongs to that particular strain of French literature in which seriousness and jest, or passion and the cerebral, fruitfully coexist without effort or contradiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christian Oster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803235674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803235670\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 157\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.33h x 5.88w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2002 pg. 1734\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/16\/2003 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2003 pg. 87 - Strongly Recommended","brand":"Christian Oster","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48435696337151,"sku":"9780803235670","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0fb27481-7c2b-47c4-ad23-02625ca97cd0.jpg?v=1777152091","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-big-apartment-christian-oster-9780803235670","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}