{"product_id":"the-cosmopolitans-paperback","title":"The Cosmopolitans - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah Schulman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \"captivating, perceptive, and empathic novel of New York\" told with \"panache and mischievous ebullience\" (\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e, starred review).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this retelling of Balzac's Parisian classic \u003cem\u003eCousin Bette, \u003c\/em\u003eSarah Shulman spins her revenge story in \u003cem\u003eMad Men-\u003c\/em\u003eera New York City. Bette, a lonely spinster, has worked as a secretary at an ad agency for thirty years. Her only real friend is her apartment neighbor Earl, a black, gay actor with a miserable job in a meatpacking plant. Shamed and disowned by their families, both find refuge in New York and in their friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEverything changes when Hortense, Bette's wealthy niece from Ohio, moves to the city to pursue her own acting career. Her arrival reminds Bette of her scandalous past and the estranged Midwestern family she left behind. When Hortense's calculating ambitions cause a rift between Bette and Earl, Bette uses her connections in the television ad world to destroy those who have wronged her.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTextured with the grit and gloss of midcentury Manhattan in the days before the Civil Rights and Feminist Movements, \u003cem\u003eThe Cosmopolitans\u003c\/em\u003e \"balance s] the hopes of an entire era on the backs of a fragile relationship. . . . Jarring and beautiful, this is a modern classic\" (\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews, \u003c\/em\u003estarred review).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Schulman\u003c\/b\u003e's love of New York is evident in \u003ci\u003eThe Cosmopolitans\u003c\/i\u003e, her 9th novel and 16th book. Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at CUNY, her honors and awards include a Guggenheim in Playwriting and a Fulbright in Judaic Studies. A well known literary chronicler of the marginalized and subcultural, Sarah's fiction has focused on queer urban life for thirty years. Her nonfiction includes \u003ci\u003eThe Gentrification of The Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, a memoir of the homogenization of her city in the wake of the AIDS crisis. Her plays and films have been seen at Playwrights Horizons, The Berlin Film Festival and The Museum of Modern Art. An AIDS historian, Sarah is co-founder of the ACT UP Oral History Project. She is on the advisory board of Jewish Voice for Peace and is faculty advisor to Students for Justice in Palestine at the College of Staten Island.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771588346144,"sku":"9781558619043","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/be531606eec04d243ff6bff175d12848.webp?v=1780388965","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-cosmopolitans-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}