{"product_id":"rapture-9780375727887","title":"Rapture","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this stunning novel, the renowned author of \u003ci\u003eEvening\u003c\/i\u003e \"explores\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ea tragic irony of love and sex: how one partner can reach the heights of devotion at the very instant the other is dumped into the pits of despair\" (\u003ci\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Minot's story . . . is timeless, and she makes you feel pure, raw ache. . . . [\u003ci\u003eRapture\u003c\/i\u003e is] romantic in the true sense of the word.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Miami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a New York apartment, 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 fiancée. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Minot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.06h x 5.26w x 0.36d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375727887\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/11\/2003 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Minot\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning novelist, short-story writer, poet, and screenwriter. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eMonkeys, \u003c\/i\u003ewas published in a dozen countries and won the Prix Femina Étranger in France. Her novel \u003ci\u003eEvening\u003c\/i\u003e was a worldwide bestseller and became a major motion picture. She lives with her daughter in New York City and on an island off the coast of Maine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43332989911155,"sku":"9.78038E+12","price":16.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_1bb5a1c4-a50b-498c-8cbe-7b40feea8383.jpg?v=1754657615","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/rapture-9780375727887","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}