{"product_id":"sleepless-nights-paperback","title":"Sleepless Nights - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Hardwick\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGeoffrey O'Brien\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSleepless Nights\u003c\/i\u003e a woman looks back on her life--the parade of people, the shifting background of place--and assembles a scrapbook of memories, reflections, portraits, letters, wishes, and dreams. An inspired fusion of fact and invention, this beautifully realized, hard-bitten, lyrical book is not only Elizabeth Hardwick's finest fiction but one of the outstanding contributions to American literature of the last fifty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Hardwick\u003c\/b\u003e (1916-2007) was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and educated at the University of Kentucky and Columbia University. A recipient of a Gold Medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she is the author of three novels, a biography of Herman Melville, and four collections of essays. She was a co-founder and advisory editor of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e and contributed more than one hundred reviews, articles, reflections, and letters to the magazine. NYRB Classics publishes \u003ci\u003eSleepless Nights\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel, and \u003ci\u003eSeduction and Betrayal\u003c\/i\u003e, a study of women in literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeoffrey O'Brien\u003c\/b\u003e's books include \u003ci\u003eThe Browser's Ecstasy: A Meditation on Reading\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Phantom Empire: Movies in the Mind of the Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDream Time: Chapters from the Sixties\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eHe is editor in chief of the Library of America.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 8.06 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 31, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42702136213567,"sku":"9780940322721","price":19.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/49968ed5cc10f922e451909c36a72f22.webp?v=1765023287","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/sleepless-nights-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}