{"product_id":"the-feast-of-love-a-novel","title":"The Feast of Love: A Novel","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Feast of Love: A Novel\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eCharles Baxter\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e037570910X\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eVintage Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2001\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e1st\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Book Award Finalist - A superb novel that delicately unearths the myriad manifestations of extraordinary love between ordinary people, f\u003cb\u003erom one of our most gifted writers \u003ci\u003e(Chicago Tribune)\u003c\/i\u003e and the winner of the PEN\/Malamud Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eA near perfect book, as deep as it is broad in its humaneness, comedy and wisdom. --The Washington Post\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Feast of Love\u003c\/i\u003e is just that--a sumptuous work of fiction about the thing that most distracts and delights us. In a re-imagined \u003ci\u003eMidsummer Night's Dream, \u003c\/i\u003e men and women speak of and desire their ideal mates; parents seek out their lost children; adult children try to come to terms with their own parents and, in some cases, find new ones. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In vignettes both comic and sexy, the owner of a coffee shop recalls the day his first wife seemed to achieve a moment of simple perfection, while she remembers the women's softball game during which she was stricken by the beauty of the shortstop. A young couple spends hours at the coffee shop fueling the idea of their fierce love. A professor of philosophy, stopping by for a cup of coffee, makes a valiant attempt to explain what he knows to be the inexplicable workings of the human heart Their voices resonate with each other--disparate people joined by the meanderings of love--and come together in a tapestry that depicts the most irresistible arena of life. Crafted with subtlety, grace, and power, \u003ci\u003eThe Feast of Love\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterful novel.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Vintage Books","offers":[{"title":"The Feast of Love: A Novel | Charles Baxter | Book | 037570910X | Used: Very Good | Fiction 1378113","offer_id":48753901568152,"sku":"1378113","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/51nyogSi37L.jpg?v=1774066899","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/the-feast-of-love-a-novel","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}