{"product_id":"maiden-paperback","title":"Maiden - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCynthia Buchanan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA thirty-year-old virgin embarks on a quest to find true love in this rediscovered post-modern tragicomedy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"She was a virgin and her virginity had burrowed in. . . . the idea of sex had such a grip on her that she tried to avoid, totally, thinking about sex.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCynthia Buchanan's \u003ci\u003eMaiden\u003c\/i\u003e was a sensation when it was published in 1972, earning comparisons to the generation-defining novels of Sylvia Plath and Joan Didion. More than fifty years later, it remains a startlingly contemporary, highly stylish satire of heterosexual romance and the sex-and-drug-addled California of the 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThirty-year-old Fortune Dundy is not ready to give up on finding her one true love. Unencumbered by experience or social grace, she pursues romance through endless date-matching questionnaires and personal ads, a virginal Don Quixote in rhinestones and sequins. Her only confidant is Bert, named for the real-life host of the televised Miss America pageant, who lives in her head and offers commentary on her every disastrous interaction with the opposite sex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA flyer for a swinging singles apartment complex named Villa Dionysus beckons Fortune to Southern California, where she hopes to find love amid the sand and suntan oil. She meets a slew of desperate characters--including her roommate Biscuit, an embittered divorcee with a psychotic jealous streak; Milo, Biscuit's boorish new boyfriend; and Skip, a handsome and elusive dentist--who become ensnared in her quest for the Right One.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA glitter-and-blood tragicomedy as audacious as Eve Babitz's boozy stories of California malaise, written at a time when postmodern fiction was considered the province of male writers, \u003ci\u003eMaiden\u003c\/i\u003e is a true American literary original, and Fortune Dundy one of literature's most lovable antiheroines: hopeful, delusional, and absolutely unforgettable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA native of Arizona and Texas, \u003cb\u003eCynthia Buchanan\u003c\/b\u003e received an M.A. in Creative Writing from the University of the Americas and held a Fulbright fellowship in Spain. A novelist, essayist, and playwright, her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.6 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 27, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67976128430387,"sku":"9781965028063","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/g3WablghAd9781965028063.webp?v=1794473410","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/maiden-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}