{"product_id":"the-unfinished-novel-and-other-valerie-martin-9781400095506","title":"The Unfinished Novel and Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the Orange Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eProperty\u003c\/i\u003e comes a vital and heartbreaking collection of short stories that turns an unflinching eye upon artists--driven and blocked, desired and detested, infamous and sublime--as they struggle beneath the tyranny of Art to reconcile their audience with their muse. - \"A triumph\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA painter who owes his small success to a man he despises, discovers that his passivity has cost him the love that might have set him free. A writer of modest talents encounters the old love who once betrayed him; now she repels him, yet the unfinished novel she leaves in his hands may surpass anything he could ever produce himself. An American poet in Rome finds herself forced to choose between her lover and a world so alien it takes her voice away. A print maker, who has reached a certain age, enters so deeply into the magical world of her imagination that she can never find her way back. In captivating, luminous prose, Martin explores the trials and rewards of human relationships and creative endeavor with all the ease and insight of a writer at the top of her form.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Valerie Martin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1400095506\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400095506\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.94h x 5.30w x 0.59d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/13\/2006 pg. 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/12\/2006 pg. 85\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/19\/2006 pg. 89\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/21\/2006 pg. 25","brand":"Valerie Martin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925406580991,"sku":"9781400095506","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5c54da38-0cd1-4ddd-ae52-dcace05d467b.jpg?v=1681077101","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-unfinished-novel-and-other-valerie-martin-9781400095506","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}