{"product_id":"le-mariage-paperback","title":"Le Mariage - 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\u003eDiane Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Like Jane Austen, Johnson delights in the worldly rituals surrounding courtship and marriage... she is a philosopher as much as a novelist.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the author of the acclaimed bestseller and National Book Award finalist \u003ci\u003eLe Divorce, \u003c\/i\u003ea sparkling comedy of manners once again set in the world of Americans in Paris\u003cp\u003eAnne-Sophie is a young Frenchwoman engaged to Tim Nolinger, an American journalist hot on the trail of a breaking story: The theft of a valuable illuminated manuscript from a private collection in New York, which may now be in the possession of a reclusive film director living on the outskirts of Paris. As Tim, Anne-Sophie, a pair of American antique dealers, and one amorous member of the local gentry converge on the director's chateau, the director's wife--a former actress--is accused of desecrating a national monument. Add to that a disappearing American; a hunting contretemps; a wrongful arrest; and murder, and you have this sexy, stylish, delight of a novel that celebrates the paradoxes of marriage and morality as they are perceived on both sides of the Atlantic. Filled with the author's pithy insights and hilarious asides, \u003ci\u003eLe Mariage\u003c\/i\u003e is Diane Johnson at her very best.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiane Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eLe Divorce\u003c\/i\u003e, a National Book Award finalist, as well as many other novels, including \u003ci\u003ePersian Nights, Health and Happiness, Lying Low, The Shadow Knows\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBurning\u003c\/i\u003e. She was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for \u003ci\u003ePersian Nights\u003c\/i\u003e, and she co-authored the screenplay to \u003ci\u003eThe Shining \u003c\/i\u003ewith Stanley Kubrick. She divides her time between San Francisco and Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8 x 5.33 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47263935168761,"sku":"9780452282261","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/FQfJMCcINh9780452282261.webp?v=1768822888","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/le-mariage-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}