{"product_id":"i-met-someone-paperback","title":"I Met Someone - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBruce Wagner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eI Met Someone\u003c\/i\u003e--what Wagner has called a \"tenderly mutilated companion piece\" to his screenplay for \u003ci\u003eMaps to the Stars\u003c\/i\u003e (the film directed by David Cronenberg for which Julianne Moore won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress)--Oscar-winning Dusty Wilding learns the unspeakable secret hidden beneath the glamour of her carefully calibrated celebrity lifestyle and marriage. With Sirkian grandeur and fearless precision, Wagner scales the heights of his own magnificent obsession: the merciless horrors of destiny--and the shock of courage that often allows human beings to embrace the sacred. \u003ci\u003eI Met Someone\u003c\/i\u003e has been called \"among the most poetic and tragic of all [Wagner's] work. And perhaps the most deliriously redemptive.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBruce Wagner\u003c\/b\u003e has written thirteen novels and bestsellers, including the famous \"Cellphone Trilogy,\" \u003ci\u003eI'm Losing You\u003c\/i\u003e (PEN USA finalist), \u003ci\u003eI'll Let You Go and Still Holding\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDead Stars\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eROAR: American Master, The Oral Biography of Roger Orr\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Empty Chair\u003c\/i\u003e, and the PEN\/Faulkner-finalist \u003ci\u003eChrysanthemum Palace\u003c\/i\u003e. He wrote the screenplay for David Cronenberg's film \u003ci\u003eMaps to the Stars\u003c\/i\u003e, for which Julianne Moore won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014. In 1993, Wagner wrote and created the visionary mini-series \u003ci\u003eWild Palms\u003c\/i\u003e for producer Oliver Stone and co-wrote (with Ullman) three seasons of the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eTracey Ullman's State of the Union\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written essays and articles for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArtforum\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 408\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42702236516415,"sku":"9781648211010","price":21.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/cea38e0318bec17f85ba27dd6294198a.webp?v=1765023678","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/i-met-someone-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}