{"product_id":"the-guardians-sarah-manguso-9781250024152","title":"The Guardians: An Elegy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"An unidentified white man was struck and instantly killed by a Metro-North train last night,\" reported the July 24, 2008, edition of the \u003ci\u003eRiverdale Press\u003c\/i\u003e. This man was named Harris, and \u003ci\u003eThe Guardians\u003c\/i\u003e--written in the years after he escaped from a psychiatric hospital and ended his life--is Sarah Manguso's heartbreaking elegy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHarris was a man who \"played music, wrote software, wrote music, learned to drive, went to college, went to bed with girls.\" In \u003ci\u003eThe Guardians\u003c\/i\u003e, Manguso grieves not for family or for a lover, but for a best friend. With startling humor and candor, she paints a portrait of a friendship between a man and a woman--in all its unexpected detail--and shows that love and grief do not always take the shapes we expect them to.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Manguso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250024153\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250024152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.50d","brand":"Sarah Manguso","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043579064575,"sku":"9781250024152","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cf311efe-64c5-4267-aa91-b27a78c5f14f.jpg?v=1684967971","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-guardians-sarah-manguso-9781250024152","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}