{"product_id":"sarah-robert-gottlieb-9780300141276","title":"Sarah: The Life of Sarah Bernhardt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a riveting portrait of the great Sarah Bernhardt from acclaimed writer Robert Gottlieb\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Everything about Sarah Bernhardt is fascinating, from her obscure birth to her glorious career--redefining the very nature of her art--to her amazing (and highly public) romantic life to her indomitable spirit. Well into her seventies, after the amputation of her leg, she was performing under bombardment for soldiers during World War I, as well as crisscrossing America on her ninth American tour.\u003cp\u003eHer family was also a source of curiosity: the mother she adored and who scorned her; her two half-sisters, who died young after lives of dissipation; and most of all, her son, Maurice, whom she worshiped and raised as an aristocrat, in the style appropriate to his presumed father, the Belgian Prince de Ligne. Only once did they quarrel--over the Dreyfus Affair. Maurice was a right-wing snob; Sarah, always proud of her Jewish heritage, was a passionate Dreyfusard and Zolaist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough the Bernhardt literature is vast, Gottlieb's\u003ci\u003e Sarah\u003c\/i\u003e is the first English-language biography to appear in decades. Brilliantly, it tracks the trajectory through which an illegitimate--and scandalous--daughter of a courtesan transformed herself into the most famous actress who ever lived, and into a national icon, a symbol of France. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout Jewish Lives: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Jewish Lives is a prizewinning series of interpretative biography designed to explore the many facets of Jewish identity. Individual volumes illuminate the imprint of Jewish figures upon literature, religion, philosophy, politics, cultural and economic life, and the arts and sciences. Subjects are paired with authors to elicit lively, deeply informed books that explore the range and depth of the Jewish experience from antiquity to the present. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 2014, the Jewish Book Council named Jewish Lives the winner of its Jewish Book of the Year Award, the first series ever to receive this award. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMore praise for Jewish Lives: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Excellent.\" -New York Times \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Exemplary.\" -Wall Street Journal \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Distinguished.\" -New Yorker \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Superb.\" -The Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Gottlieb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300141270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300141276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/21\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 6.04w x 0.91d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Jewish Book Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooks \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2011 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2010 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/19\/2010 pg. 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/27\/2010 pg. 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/27\/2010 pg. 87\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/14\/2010 pg. 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001","brand":"Robert Gottlieb","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46135986159871,"sku":"9780300141276","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c0265658-42f7-47cf-80dd-4d50fd34e1db.jpg?v=1726415343","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sarah-robert-gottlieb-9780300141276","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}