{"product_id":"what-i-loved-paperback","title":"What I Loved - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSiri Hustvedt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSiri Hustvedt's \u003ci\u003eWhat I Loved \u003c\/i\u003ebegins in New York in 1975, when art historian Leo Hertzberg discovers an extraordinary painting by an unknown artist in a SoHo gallery. He buys the work; tracks down the artist, Bill Wechsler; and the two men embark on a life-long friendship. Leo's story, which spans twenty-five years, follows the growing involvement between his family and Bill's--an intricate constellation of attachments that includes the two men, their wives, Erica and Violet, and their sons, Matthew and Mark. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe families live in the same New York apartment building, rent a house together in the summers and keep up a lively exchange of ideas about life and art, but the bonds between them are tested, first by sudden tragedy, and then by a monstrous duplicity that slowly comes to the surface. A beautifully written novel that combines the intimacy of a family saga with the suspense of a thriller, \u003ci\u003eWhat I Loved \u003c\/i\u003eis a deeply moving story about art, love, loss, and betrayal.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSiri Hustvedt \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in 1955 in Northfield, Minnesota. She has a Ph.D. from Columbia University in English literature and is the internationally acclaimed author of several novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Sorrows of an American, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWhat I Loved, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Enchantment of Lily Dahl, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Blindfold, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Summer Without Men, \u003c\/i\u003e as well as a growing body of nonfiction including, \u003ci\u003eA Plea for Eros \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMysteries of the Rectangle, \u003c\/i\u003eand an interdisciplinary investigation of the body and mind in \u003ci\u003eThe Shaking Woman or A History of My Nerves. \u003c\/i\u003eShe has given lectures on artists and theories of art at the Prado, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. In 2011, she delivered the thirty-ninth annual Freud Lecture in Vienna. She lives in Broo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.05 x 9.48 x 8.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42685200662591,"sku":"9780312421199","price":25.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/5516192cc2573be0988c1d16e07f39fb.webp?v=1764970224","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/what-i-loved-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}