{"product_id":"shimmer-paperback-7","title":"Shimmer - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah Schulman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA revelatory portrait of McCarthy-era Manhattan-back in print!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is 1948 in Manhattan. Aspiring reporter Sylvia Golubowsky pays her dues in the steno pool at the tabloid \u003ci\u003eNew York Star\u003c\/i\u003e, along with sixteen other girls whose eyes are on the back of the chair in front of them, the next step up the ladder. At the rival paper across town, gossip columnist Austin Van Cleeve rules New York and Washington with his venomous pen. In the Village, Columbia University graduate Cal Byfield is stuck flipping burgers to support his dream of a Negro theater on Broadway. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAgainst the backdrop of post-World War II New York City and under the growing shadow of the Red Scare, these three indelible characters collide with one another amidst the larger drama of the historical moment. In a fresh re-interpretation of the McCarthy era, Sarah Schulman reframes our understanding of the \"blacklist\" to show how racial and sexual discrimination create their own ongoing exclusions and how the politics of treachery affect the most intimate relationships. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst published in 1998, \u003ci\u003eShimmer \u003c\/i\u003edraws parallels between the McCarthy era and contemporary American life and upends the tropes of film noir, pulp fiction, and set pieces of midcentury America by positioning a Black man and a queer Jewish woman as emblematic Americans. In a story set before the advent of the collective revolutionary movements of the 1960s, Cal and Sylvia learn the hard way that the American Dream was not available to them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new edition of Shimmer includes a postscript by the author.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Schulman \u003c\/b\u003eis a novelist, playwright, screenwriter, nonfiction writer, and AIDS historian. She is the author of twenty books including, most recently, \u003ci\u003eLet the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 276\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.9 x 5.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 06, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42734737555519,"sku":"9781531502928","price":19.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c4e92894f9b5fe513a6eacdeba6bddb7.webp?v=1765140918","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/shimmer-paperback-7","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}