{"product_id":"forgetting-elena-edmund-white-paperback-1","title":"Forgetting Elena -- Edmund White, Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eA captivating novel that explores the complexities of social conventions and the desperate yearning for acceptance\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An astonishing first novel...uncannily beautiful.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the privileged island community where \u003cb\u003eForgetting Elena\u003c\/b\u003e takes place, manners are everything. Or so it seems to White's excruciatingly self-conscious young narrator who desperately wants to be accepted in this world where everything from one's bathroom habits to the composition of \"spontaneous\" poetry is subject to rigid conventions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edmund White\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/04\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.22w x 0.59d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679755739\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdmund White \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1940. His fiction includes the autobiographical trilogy \u003ci\u003eA Boy\u003ci\u003e's\u003c\/i\u003e Own Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful Room Is Empty\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Farewell Symphony\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as\u003ci\u003e Caracole\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForgetting Elena\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Nocturnes for the King of Naples\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSkinned Alive\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of short stories. He is also the author of a highly acclaimed biography of Jean Genet, a short study of Proust, a travel book about gay America--\u003ci\u003eStates of Desire\u003c\/i\u003e--and \u003ci\u003eOur Paris\u003c\/i\u003e. He is an officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and teaches at Princeton University. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edmund White","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46449861558500,"sku":"9780679755739","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780679755739.jpg?v=1751346505","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/forgetting-elena-edmund-white-paperback-1","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}