{"product_id":"a-mind-of-winter-paperback-by-shira-nayman","title":"A Mind of Winter Paperback by Shira Nayman","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eAkashic Books, Ltd.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2012-05-08)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e332\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781617751035\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e368.55\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA literary, psychological thriller set in 1951, reminiscent of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A gripping psychological thriller that will appeal to readers of historical fiction; Nayman’s writing is as assured as ever.” —\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOscar is a mysterious Englishman who presides over Ellis Park, a sprawling mansion in East Hampton, Long Island. It is 1951; as the jazz bands play and the ever-present houseguests waft into the ballroom, the war seems much farther away than a mere six years. However, Oscar is tormented by his own questionable wartime dealings—and embroiled in a drama involving late-night meetings with an official, with whom he speaks German. He is also haunted by memories of Christine, his great love who, after the war, sailed to Shanghai; he has no idea of the murky, moral depths into which she has fallen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of Oscar’s frequent houseguests, Marilyn, a photographer who spent the war years in England, has moved in to Ellis Park for the summer and is working on a book of her wartime photography. Marilyn reminds Oscar of Christine; he finds refuge late at night sitting beside her in the pristine photographic studio he built in a basement area, deep beneath the sumptuous, brightly lit rooms above. Oscar suspects that Marilyn, married to Simon, has embarked on an affair with the adventurous Barnaby, a swashbuckling character whose far-flung wanderings included a long stint in Shanghai, where Barnaby himself had been involved with Christine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe narrative unfolds through the three different points of view of Oscar, Christine, and Marilyn, in locations on three continents—East Hampton, Shanghai, and London. \u003ci\u003eA Mind of Winter\u003c\/i\u003e is a complex, page-turning, literary psychological thriller, which takes up a rich array of themes: the ways in which we choose our beliefs and build our lives around them; the self-deceptive shadings that undulate within; the moral ambiguities of being an artist; and the ways in which sociohistorical circumstances inevitably bite into and shape personal identity and destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHIRA NAYMAN\u003c\/b\u003e is a clinical psychologist who works as a strategic brand marketer and has taught psychology, literature, narrative medicine, and creative writing at Columbia University, Rutgers University, and Barnard College. She has published fiction and nonfiction in the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eGeorgia Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew England Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConfrontation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBoulevard\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCousin Corinne\u003c\/i\u003e, and her short fiction has also been broadcast on NPR. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eAwake in the Dark \u003c\/i\u003e(novella and stories), \u003ci\u003eThe Listener\u003c\/i\u003e (a novel), and \u003ci\u003eA Mind of Winter\u003c\/i\u003e (a novel). She is the recipient of grants from the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, the Australia Council for the Arts Literature Board (three times), and received the Cape Branch Award for an Emerging Woman Writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46556154331297,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781617751035","price":21.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781617751035_35603369-d9d6-4e79-bb0c-c20f1b02de4e.jpg?v=1781806798","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/a-mind-of-winter-paperback-by-shira-nayman","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}