{"product_id":"tales-from-the-heart-paperback-by-maryse-conde","title":"Tales from the Heart Paperback by Maryse Condé","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\u003eSoho Press\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2004-01-01)\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\u003e158\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781569473474\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e189.95\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e20.57 x 13.97 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\u003eWinner of the 2018 New Academy Prize in Literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this collection of autobiographical essays, Maryse Condé vividly evokes the relationships and events that gave her childhood meaning: discovering her parents’ feelings of alienation; her first crush; a falling out with her best friend; the death of her beloved grandmother; her first encounter with racism. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese gemlike vignettes capture the spirit of Condé’s fiction: haunting, powerful, poignant, and leavened with a streak of humor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaryse Condé\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eI, Tituba: Black Witch of Salem, Tree of Life, Crossing the Mangrove, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Last of the African Kings\u003c\/i\u003e,  among others. She is the recipient of the prestigious French award, the  alternative Nobel Prize for literature, Le Grand Prix Littéraire de la  Femme, and a Guggenheim Fellow. She is a professor of French Caribbean  Literature at Columbia University. She and her husband Richard Philcox,  who masterfully translated \u003ci\u003eWindward Heights\u003c\/i\u003e, divide their time between New York City and Guadeloupe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46555674050721,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781569473474","price":26.6,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781569473474_d1d449a4-2703-47fe-9b37-8c55c843009b.jpg?v=1781793982","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/tales-from-the-heart-paperback-by-maryse-conde","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}