{"product_id":"force-of-things-paperback","title":"Force of Things - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlexander Stille\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA MASTERPIECE OF LITERARY MEMORY--A POWERFUL EXPLORATION OF THE INTERSECTIONS OF FAMILY, HISTORY, AND MEMORY. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne evening in May 1948, my mother went to a party in New York with her first husband and left it with her second, my father. So begins the passionate and stormy union of Mikhail Kamenetzki, aka Ugo Stille, one of Italy's most celebrated journalists, and Elizabeth Bogert, a beautiful and charming young woman from the Midwest. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheir immediate attraction and tumultuous marriage is part of a much larger story: the mass migration of Jews from fascist-dominated Europe in the 1930s and in the shadow of World War II. It is the story of a crucial, painful moment in history that reshaped much of American culture and society--but also that of two seemingly incongruous people who managed to find love. Theirs was an uneasy marriage between Europe and America, between Jew and Wasp; their differences were a key to their bond yet a source of constant strife. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcclaimed author and frequent \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e contributor Alexander Stille's \u003ci\u003eThe Force of Things\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful, beautifully written work with the intimacy of a memoir, the pace and readability of a novel, and the historical sweep and documentary precision of nonfiction writing at its best. It is a portrait of people who are buffeted about by large historical events, who try to escape their origins but find themselves in the grip of the force of things.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlexander Stille is the author of \u003ci\u003eExcellent Cadavers: The Mafia and the Death of the First Italian Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBenevolence and Betrayal\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e The Future of the Past\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a frequent contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.63 x 5.67 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 08, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761045733664,"sku":"9781250043580","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ab9e8e0e36f46f04439817d81ba0ae1e.webp?v=1780198115","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/force-of-things-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}