{"product_id":"rapture-paperback-2","title":"Rapture - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan Minot\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe setting is a New York apartment where two long-estranged lovers try to resuscitate their passion. Kay is old enough to be skeptical about men-\u003ci\u003ethis \u003c\/i\u003eman in particular-but still alert to the possibility of true love. Benjamin is a filmmaker with an appealing waywardness and a conveniently disappearing fianc e. As the two lie entwined in bed, Susan Minot ushers readers across an entire landscape of memory and sensation to reveal the infinite nuances of sex: its power to exalt and deceive, to connect two separate selves or make them fully aware of their solitude. Honest and unflinching, the result is a hypnotic reading experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe setting is a New York apartment where two long-estranged lovers try to resuscitate their passion. Kay is old enough to be skeptical about men-\"this man in particular-but still alert to the possibility of true love. Benjamin is a filmmaker with an appealing waywardness and a conveniently disappearing fiancee. As the two lie entwined in bed, Susan Minot ushers readers across an entire landscape of memory and sensation to reveal the infinite nuances of sex: its power to exalt and deceive, to connect two separate selves or make them fully aware of their solitude. Honest and unflinching, the result is a hypnotic reading experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusan Minot's first novel, \u003cb\u003eMonkeys\u003c\/b\u003e, was published in a dozen countries and received the Prix Femina Étranger in France. She is the author of \u003cb\u003eLust \u0026amp; Other Stories, Folly, Evening\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003ePoems 4 A.M.\u003c\/b\u003e, and wrote the screenplay for Bernardo Bertolucci's \u003ci\u003eStealing Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives on an island in Maine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.36 x 8.06 x 5.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42691324248127,"sku":"9780375727887","price":16.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/7da11717ec26292637acdffb45c20b11.webp?v=1764991723","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/rapture-paperback-2","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}