{"product_id":"oh-what-a-paradise-it-john-cheever-9780679737858","title":"Oh What a Paradise It Seems","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom one of the most renowned twentieth-century American writers, this \"luminous ephiphany of life ... [is] a charming fable of old age, nostalgia, and loss\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Cheever's final novel is a fable set in a village so idyllic it has no fast-food outlet and having as its protagonist an old man, Lemuel Sears, who still has it in him to fall wildly in love with strangers of both sexes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But Sears's paradise is threatened; the pond he loves is being fouled by unscrupulous polluters. In Cheever's accomplished hands the battle between an elderly romantic and the monstrous aspects of late-twentieth-century civilization becomes something ribald, poignant, and ineffably joyful. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This is perfect Cheever--it is perfect.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Cheever\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0679737855\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679737858\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.22w x 0.32d","brand":"John Cheever","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072689041663,"sku":"9780679737858","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_db691b53-6611-4b00-973b-7158cfe8128c.jpg?v=1685443427","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/oh-what-a-paradise-it-john-cheever-9780679737858","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}