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Foreign Affairs
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Alison Lurie
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Demco Media
Publication date
July 1, 2001
Binding
Reinforced
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780606218894
ISBN-10
0606218890
Dimensions
1 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight
0.75 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$21.06
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE
Virginia Miner, a fifty-something, unmarried tenured professor, is in London to work on her new book about childrenâs folk rhymes. Despite carrying a U.S. passport, Vinnie feels essentially English and rather looks down on her fellow Americans. But in spite of that, she is drawn into a mortifying and oddly satisfying affair with an Oklahoman tourist who dresses more Bronco Billy than Beau Brummel.
Also in London is Vinnieâs colleague Fred Turner, a handsome, flat broke, newly separated, and thoroughly miserable young man trying to focus on his own research. Instead, he is distracted by a beautiful and unpredictable English actress and the world she belongs to.
Both American, both abroad, and both achingly lonely, Vinnie and Fred play out their confused alienation and dizzying romantic liaisons in Alison Lurieâs Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Smartly written, poignant, and witty, Foreign Affairs remains an enduring comic masterpiece.
âA splendid comedy, very bright, brilliantly written in a confident and original manner. The best book by one of our finest writers.â
âElizabeth Hardwick
âThere is no American writer I have read with more constant pleasure and sympathy. . . . Foreign Affairs earns the same shelf as Henry James and Edith Wharton.â
âJohn Fowles
âIf you manage to read only a few good novels a year, make this one of them.â
âUSA Today
âAn ingenious, touching book.â
âNewsweek
âA flawless jewel.â
âPhiladelphia Inquirer
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Virginia Miner, a fifty-something, unmarried tenured professor, is in London to work on her new book about childrenâs folk rhymes. Despite carrying a U.S. passport, Vinnie feels essentially English and rather looks down on her fellow Americans. But in spite of that, she is drawn into a mortifying and oddly satisfying affair with an Oklahoman tourist who dresses more Bronco Billy than Beau Brummel.
Also in London is Vinnieâs colleague Fred Turner, a handsome, flat broke, newly separated, and thoroughly miserable young man trying to focus on his own research. Instead, he is distracted by a beautiful and unpredictable English actress and the world she belongs to.
Both American, both abroad, and both achingly lonely, Vinnie and Fred play out their confused alienation and dizzying romantic liaisons in Alison Lurieâs Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Smartly written, poignant, and witty, Foreign Affairs remains an enduring comic masterpiece.
âA splendid comedy, very bright, brilliantly written in a confident and original manner. The best book by one of our finest writers.â
âElizabeth Hardwick
âThere is no American writer I have read with more constant pleasure and sympathy. . . . Foreign Affairs earns the same shelf as Henry James and Edith Wharton.â
âJohn Fowles
âIf you manage to read only a few good novels a year, make this one of them.â
âUSA Today
âAn ingenious, touching book.â
âNewsweek
âA flawless jewel.â
âPhiladelphia Inquirer
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Editions
Hardcover
Large print edition from Thorndike Pr (May 1, 1985)
9780896216259 | details & prices | List price $16.95
About: Vinnie Miller, a professor of children's literature, and Fred Turner, an assistant professor at the same American university, pursue their separate affairs in London during the same six-month period
About: Vinnie Miller, a professor of children's literature, and Fred Turner, an assistant professor at the same American university, pursue their separate affairs in London during the same six-month period
from Random House Inc (August 1, 1984)
9780394540764 | details & prices | List price $15.95
About: Vinnie Miller, a professor of children's literature, and Fred Turner, an assistant professor at the same American university, pursue their separate affairs in London during the same six-month period
About: Vinnie Miller, a professor of children's literature, and Fred Turner, an assistant professor at the same American university, pursue their separate affairs in London during the same six-month period
Paperback
from Random House Inc (December 15, 2006)
9780812976311 | details & prices | 292 pages | 5.00 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $16.00
About: Vinnie Miller, a professor of children's literature, and Fred Turner, an assistant professor at the same American university, pursue their separate affairs in London during the same six-month period.
About: Vinnie Miller, a professor of children's literature, and Fred Turner, an assistant professor at the same American university, pursue their separate affairs in London during the same six-month period.
Reissue edition from Avon Books (June 1, 1995)
9780380709908 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $12.50
About: Vinnie Miller, a professor of children's literature, and Fred Turner, an assistant professor at the same American university, pursue their separate affairs in London during the same six-month period
About: Vinnie Miller, a professor of children's literature, and Fred Turner, an assistant professor at the same American university, pursue their separate affairs in London during the same six-month period
Reinforced
The price comparison is for this edition
from Demco Media (July 1, 2001)
9780606218894 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $21.06
About: WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE Virginia Miner, a fifty-something, unmarried tenured professor, is in London to work on her new book about childrenâs folk rhymes.
About: WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE Virginia Miner, a fifty-something, unmarried tenured professor, is in London to work on her new book about childrenâs folk rhymes.
Prebinding
from Turtleback Books (October 1, 1999)
9780785799535 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $21.70
About: WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE Virginia Miner, a fifty-something, unmarried tenured professor, is in London to work on her new book about childrenâs folk rhymes.
About: WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE Virginia Miner, a fifty-something, unmarried tenured professor, is in London to work on her new book about childrenâs folk rhymes.
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