{"product_id":"a-plea-for-eros-essays-paperback","title":"A Plea for Eros: Essays - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSiri Hustvedt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of the international bestseller \u003ci\u003eWhat I Loved, \u003c\/i\u003e a provocative collection of autobiographical and critical essays about writing and writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether her subject is growing up in Minnesota, cross-dressing, or the novel, Hustvedt's nonfiction, like her fiction, defies easy categorization, elegantly combining intellect, emotion, wit, and passion. With a light touch and consummate clarity, she undresses the cultural prejudices that veil both literature and life and explores the multiple personalities that inevitably inhabit a writer's mind. Is it possible for a woman in the twentieth century to endorse the corset, and at the same time approach with authority what it is like to be a man? Hustvedt does. Writing with rigorous honesty about her own divided self, and how this has shaped her as a writer, she also approaches the works of others--Fitzgerald, Dickens, and Henry James--with revelatory insight, and a practitioner's understanding of their art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSiri Hustvedt \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eB\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003elindfold\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Enchantment of Lily Dahl\u003c\/i\u003e, which are available from Picador. Her essays on art, \u003ci\u003eMysteries of the Rectangle\u003c\/i\u003e, are available from Princeton Architectural Press. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband, Paul Auster.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 242\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 27, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762444796192,"sku":"9780312425531","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/62454f98589fe6e366fea238f2fd731f_4cd7a500-7b43-4ba6-a7be-0d9e17fb3db4.webp?v=1780221412","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-plea-for-eros-essays-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}