{"product_id":"forgetting-elena-paperback-by-edmund-white","title":"Forgetting Elena Paperback by Edmund White","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\u003eVintage\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(1994-10-04)\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\u003e192\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780679755739\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e205.48\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e20.32 x 13.23 x 1.24\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA captivating novel that explores the complexities of social conventions and the desperate yearning for acceptance\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An astonishing first novel...uncannily beautiful.\" —\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the privileged island community where \u003cb\u003eForgetting Elena\u003c\/b\u003e takes place, manners are everything. Or so it seems to White's excruciatingly self-conscious young narrator who desperately wants to be accepted in this world where everything from one's bathroom habits to the composition of \"spontaneous\" poetry is subject to rigid conventions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdmund White \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1940. His fiction includes the autobiographical trilogy \u003ci\u003eA Boy\u003ci\u003e’s\u003c\/i\u003e Own Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful Room Is Empty\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Farewell Symphony\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as\u003ci\u003e Caracole\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForgetting Elena\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Nocturnes for the King of Naples\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSkinned Alive\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of short stories. He is also the author of a highly acclaimed biography of Jean Genet, a short study of Proust, a travel book about gay America—\u003ci\u003eStates of Desire\u003c\/i\u003e—and \u003ci\u003eOur Paris\u003c\/i\u003e. He is an officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and teaches at Princeton University. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46554525761697,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780679755739","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780679755739.jpg?v=1781771689","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/forgetting-elena-paperback-by-edmund-white","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}