{"product_id":"rapture-paperback-3","title":"Rapture - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan Minot\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\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 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe setting is a New York apartment where two long-estranged lovers try to resuscitate their passion. Kay is old enough to be skeptical about men-\"this man in particular-but still alert to the possibility of true love. Benjamin is a filmmaker with an appealing waywardness and a conveniently disappearing fiancee. As 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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\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            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.36 x 8.06 x 5.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43778302902335,"sku":"9780375727887","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/samiestore.shop\/products\/rapture-paperback-3","provider":"Samie","version":"1.0","type":"link"}