{"product_id":"a-feather-on-the-breath-of-god-paperback","title":"A Feather on the Breath of God - 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\u003eSigrid Nunez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSusan Choi\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the National Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Friend, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Feather on the Breath of God\u003c\/i\u003e, is a mesmerizing story about the tangled nature of relationships between parents and children, between language and love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith a new introduction by Susan Choi, the National Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eTrust Exercises\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA young woman looks back to the world of her immigrant parents: a Chinese Panamanian father and a German mother. Growing up in a housing project in the 1950s and 1960s, she escapes into dreams inspired both by her parents' stories and by her own reading and, for a time, into the otherworldly life of ballet. A yearning homesick mother, a silent and withdrawn father, the ballet--these are the elements that shape the young woman's imagination and her sexuality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSigrid Nunez\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Friend\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2018 National Book Award, and of several other novels, including \u003ci\u003eWhat Are You Going Through\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Last of Her Kind\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eSempre Susan: A Memoir of Susan Sontag\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has been translated into more than twenty-five languages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Choi\u003c\/b\u003e's first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Foreign Student\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Asian-American Literary Award for fiction. Her second novel, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Woman\u003c\/i\u003e, was a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize. Her third novel, \u003ci\u003eA Person of Interest\u003c\/i\u003e, was a finalist for the 2009 PEN\/Faulkner Award. In 2010 she was named the inaugural recipient of the PEN\/W.G. Sebald Award. Her fourth novel, \u003ci\u003eMy Education\u003c\/i\u003e, received a 2014 Lammy Award. Her fifth novel, \u003ci\u003eTrust Exercise\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2019 National Book Award for Fiction. Her first book for children, \u003ci\u003e Camp Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e, was also published in 2019. A recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, she teaches fiction writing at Yale and lives in Brooklyn.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 31, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52545880326451,"sku":"9781250816238","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/RGNyLzgxQmF6NVVxVlNxMnVXcTNGdz09.webp?v=1760972300","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/a-feather-on-the-breath-of-god-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}