{"product_id":"the-shelf-kay-dick-9781968671105","title":"The Shelf","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the groundbreaking author of \u003ci\u003eThey\u003c\/i\u003e comes an \"elegantly slender account of a love affair, a death, and a mystery.\" (Janice Elliott, \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I did not, my dear Francis, intend to have an affair with her.\" Twenty years ago, Cassandra began sleeping with a married woman named Anne. Although begun in passion, their entanglement ended abruptly, shortly after which Anne killed herself. Was Anne beyond help, or did Cassandra bear some responsibility for her lover's demise? Haunted by her memories of their time together, and finally able to tell her story, Cassandra unburdens herself in a letter to her dear friend Francis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1984, and closely based on a tumultuous and ultimately tragic relationship the author had with a married woman two decades earlier, \u003ci\u003eThe Shelf\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply moving work of autofiction--\"Though I shall deny it, of course,\" Kay Dick told a reporter shortly after its publication. Written with a \"quiet elegance\" (Elaine Feinstein, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e), it's a \"tour de force\" that places Dick \"in the same category of sensibility as Jean Rhys, Katherine Mansfield and Ford Madox Ford\" (Gillian Freeman).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kay Dick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1968671102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781968671105\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McNally Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/16\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Kay Dick","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997308104959,"sku":"9781968671105","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-shelf-kay-dick-9781968671105","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}