{"product_id":"portrait-of-a-novel-michael-gorra-9780871404084","title":"Portrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American Masterpiece","description":"Henry James (1843-1916) has had many biographers, but Michael Gorra has taken an original approach to this great American progenitor of the modern novel, combining elements of biography, criticism, and travelogue in re-creating the dramatic backstory of James's masterpiece, \u003cem\u003ePortrait of a Lady\u003c\/em\u003e (1881). Gorra, an eminent literary critic, shows how this novel--the scandalous story of the expatriate American heiress Isabel Archer--came to be written in the first place. Traveling to Florence, Rome, Paris, and England, Gorra sheds new light on James's family, the European literary circles--George Eliot, Flaubert, Turgenev--in which James made his name, and the psychological forces that enabled him to create this most memorable of female protagonists. Appealing to readers of Menand's \u003cem\u003eThe Metaphysical Club\u003c\/em\u003e and McCullough's \u003cem\u003eThe Greater Journey\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePortrait of a Novel\u003c\/em\u003e provides a brilliant account of the greatest American novel of expatriate life ever written. It becomes a piercing detective story on its own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Gorra\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0871404087\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780871404084\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liveright Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/27\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.50w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Critics Circle Award - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Pulitzer Prize - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/07\/2012 pg. 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2012 pg. 103\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/22\/2012 pg. 27\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Best Nonfiction\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2012 pg. 16","brand":"Michael Gorra","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43926700785919,"sku":"9780871404084","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_186c22a6-873e-4608-82dd-6e6c1fbcff8d.jpg?v=1681084532","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/portrait-of-a-novel-michael-gorra-9780871404084","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}