{"product_id":"staring-at-the-sun-julian-barnes-9780679748205","title":"Staring at the Sun","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sense of an Ending\u003c\/i\u003e traces the life of a seemingly ordinary woman with an extraordinary disdain for wisdom in this \"marvelous literary epiphany\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this wonderfully provocative novel, Barnes follows Jean Serjeant from her childhood in the 1920s to her flight into the sun in the year 2021, confronting readers with the fruits of her relentless curiosity: pilgrimages to China and the Grand Canyon; a catalogue of 1940s sexual euphemisms; and a glimpse of technology in the twenty-first century (when The Absolute Truth can be universally accessed). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElegant, funny and intellectually subversive, \u003ci\u003eStaring at the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e is Julian Barnes at his most dazzlingly original.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julian Barnes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0679748202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679748205\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/28\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.03h x 5.23w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/1994 pg. 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/1994","brand":"Julian Barnes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992274141439,"sku":"9780679748205","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2d8f9541-6091-487e-8737-da665f2350ab.jpg?v=1683315090","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/staring-at-the-sun-julian-barnes-9780679748205","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}