{"product_id":"rapture-paperback-by-susan-minot","title":"Rapture Paperback by Susan Minot","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(2003-04-08)\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\u003e128\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780375727887\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e128.28\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 1.02\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this stunning novel, the renowned author of \u003ci\u003eEvening\u003c\/i\u003e “explores\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ea tragic irony of love and sex: how one partner can reach the heights of devotion at the very instant the other is dumped into the pits of despair” (\u003ci\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Minot’s story . . . is timeless, and she makes you feel pure, raw ache. . . . [\u003ci\u003eRapture\u003c\/i\u003e is] romantic in the true sense of the word.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Miami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn a New York apartment, two long-estranged lovers try to resuscitate their passion. Kay is old enough to be skeptical about men—\u003ci\u003ethis \u003c\/i\u003eman in particular—but still alert to the possibility of true love. Benjamin is a filmmaker with an appealing waywardness and a conveniently disappearing fiancée.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAs the two lie entwined in bed, Susan Minot ushers readers across an entire landscape of memory and sensation to reveal the infinite nuances of sex: its power to exalt and deceive, to connect two separate selves, or make them fully aware of their solitude. Honest and unflinching, the result is a hypnotic reading experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Minot\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning novelist, short-story writer, poet, and screenwriter. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eMonkeys, \u003c\/i\u003ewas published in a dozen countries and won the Prix Femina Étranger in France. Her novel \u003ci\u003eEvening\u003c\/i\u003e was a worldwide bestseller and became a major motion picture. She lives with her daughter in New York City and on an island off the coast of Maine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46552904728737,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780375727887","price":19.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780375727887.jpg?v=1781719646","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/rapture-paperback-by-susan-minot","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}