{"product_id":"the-feast-of-love-charles-baxter-9780375709104","title":"The Feast of Love","description":"\u003cb\u003eNational Book Award Finalist - A superb novel that delicately unearths the myriad manifestations of extraordinary love between ordinary people, f\u003cb\u003erom \"one of our most gifted writers\" \u003ci\u003e(Chicago Tribune)\u003c\/i\u003e and the winner of the PEN\/Malamud Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A near perfect book, as deep as it is broad in its humaneness, comedy and wisdom.\" --The Washington Post\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Feast of Love\u003c\/i\u003e is just that--a sumptuous work of fiction about the thing that most distracts and delights us. In a re-imagined \u003ci\u003eMidsummer Night's Dream, \u003c\/i\u003e men and women speak of and desire their ideal mates; parents seek out their lost children; adult children try to come to terms with their own parents and, in some cases, find new ones. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In vignettes both comic and sexy, the owner of a coffee shop recalls the day his first wife seemed to achieve a moment of simple perfection, while she remembers the women's softball game during which she was stricken by the beauty of the shortstop. A young couple spends hours at the coffee shop fueling the idea of their fierce love. A professor of philosophy, stopping by for a cup of coffee, makes a valiant attempt to explain what he knows to be the inexplicable workings of the human heart Their voices resonate with each other--disparate people joined by the meanderings of love--and come together in a tapestry that depicts the most irresistible arena of life. Crafted with subtlety, grace, and power, \u003ci\u003eThe Feast of Love\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterful novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Baxter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 037570910X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375709104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.03h x 5.25w x 0.74d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/13\/2001 pg. 28","brand":"Charles Baxter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995528659199,"sku":"9780375709104","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e26da92f-93dd-4bac-a1da-07a990c7dfd2.jpg?v=1683336327","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-feast-of-love-charles-baxter-9780375709104","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}