{"product_id":"discretion-paperback","title":"Discretion - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Nunez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Refreshingly ambitious in its intellectual scope.\" --\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A complex portrait of a love triangle by a gifted writer.\" --\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet amongst the struggles of American, Caribbean, and African diplomacy in the late 1980s, Discretion follows the harrowing journey of Oufoula Sindede, a diplomat of rough beginnings, who discovers his desires may be out of his control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDutifully married to lovely Nerida, Oufoula goes through the motions of marriage, formally keeping his distance from the woman with whom he shares his bed. And yet there is a deeper, buried passion within him that will lead him to question which values he holds sacred and which can be sacrificed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite his quiet marriage, the memory of a fiery love affair triggers Oufoula to entangle himself in the life of another woman, a Jamaican-born painter named Marguerite. Soon he discovers that Marguerite is nothing like any of his quick old flames or his gentle wife, Nerida--Marguerite is much more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd so begins a whirlwind affair, spanning over twenty years, between a young woman who wants order and love and a man who is torn between the honors of his profession and his dishonorable love life; the old African customs of polygamy and the American dream; and the passion for a mistress and the duty to his wife. Nunez's heartbreaking fourth novel questions the customs we think we know with the truths that passion and love reveal about ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Nunez\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning author of a memoir and nine novels, four of them selected as \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice. Her two most recent books are \u003ci\u003eNot for Everyday Use\u003c\/i\u003e, a memoir, which won the 2015 prestigious Hurston Wright Legacy Award for nonfiction, and the novel \u003ci\u003eEven in Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e, a contemporary version of Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e. Her other novels are: \u003ci\u003eBoundaries\u003c\/i\u003e (nominated for the 2012 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Fiction); \u003ci\u003eAnna In-Between\u003c\/i\u003e (PEN Oakland Award for Literary Excellence and long-listed for an IMPAC Dublin International Literary Award); \u003ci\u003eProspero's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e (2010 Trinidad and Tobago One Book, One Community selection, and the 2006 Florida Center for the Literary Arts One Book, One Community); \u003ci\u003eBruised Hibiscus\u003c\/i\u003e (American Book Award); \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Limbo Silence\u003c\/i\u003e (Independent Publishers Book Award); \u003ci\u003eGrace\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eDiscretion\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eWhen Rocks Dance\u003c\/i\u003e. Nunez received her PhD from New York University and is a Distinguished Professor at Hunter College, CUNY, where she teaches courses on Caribbean Women Writers and Creative Writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 302\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 25, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770638893344,"sku":"9781617755453","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/43af32136329532458a66b6b8687a4e5.webp?v=1780375969","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/discretion-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}