{"product_id":"the-lost-language-of-cranes-paperback","title":"The Lost Language of Cranes - 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\u003eDavid Leavitt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in the 1980s against the backdrop of a swiftly gentrifying Manhattan, \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Language of Cranes \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of twenty-five-year-old Philip Benjamin, who realizes he must come out to his parents after falling in love for the first time with a man. Philip's parents are facing their own problems: pressure from developers and the loss of their longtime home. But the real threat to the family is Philip's father's own struggle with his suppressed homosexuality, realized only in Sunday afternoon visits to gay porn theaters. Philip's revelation to his parents leads his father to a point of crisis and provokes changes that forever alter the landscape of the family's lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Leavitt\u003c\/b\u003e's fiction includes the collection \u003ci\u003eFamily Dancing\u003c\/i\u003e and the novels \u003ci\u003eWhile England Sleeps\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Body of Jonah Boyd\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Indian Clerk\u003c\/i\u003e (finalist for the PEN\/Faulkner Award and shortlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award), and \u003ci\u003eThe Two Hotel Francforts\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the author of two nonfiction works, \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Knew Too Much\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFlorence, A Delicate Case\u003c\/i\u003e. He is professor of English at the University of Florida in Gainesville, and edits the literary magazine\u003ci\u003e Subtropics\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ewww.davidleavittwriter.com\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.92 x 8.25 x 5.76 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 03, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53062602916147,"sku":"9781620407028","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/jLvjOVAQi49781620407028.webp?v=1771441763","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-lost-language-of-cranes-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}