{"product_id":"jean-stafford-complete-novels-loa-324-9781598536447","title":"Jean Stafford: Complete Novels (LOA #324)","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor the first time in a deluxe hardcover edition, three eerily powerful novels by a midcentury master of social satire and \u003cb\u003epsychological portraiture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJean Stafford (1915-1979) made a bold entrance onto the American literary scene in 1944 when her first novel, \u003ci\u003eBoston Adventure\u003c\/i\u003e became a surprise best seller. She followed up this initial success with two more acclaimed novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Mountain Lion\u003c\/i\u003e (1944) and \u003ci\u003eThe Catherine Wheel\u003c\/i\u003e (1952), and became a prolific writer of short stories for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eand other prominent magazines. (Her \u003ci\u003eCollected Stories \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1970.) In later years serious health problems made it increasingly difficult for her to write, and after her death she became a somewhat overlooked figure in 20th-century American literature. \u003ci\u003eComplete Novels\u003c\/i\u003e allows readers to rediscover \"a figure of genuine consequence in American literature\" (Jonathan Yardley, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e) at the height of her powers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Adventure\u003c\/i\u003e follows Sonia Marburg, the daughter of immigrant parents, as she seeks to escape her impoverished childhood by becoming the secretary-companion of the socially prominent Lucy Pride. The novel won praise for its perceptive satire of upper-class Boston society, while Stafford's portrayal of the inner life of her protagonist drew comparisons to Henry James and Marcel Proust. In \u003ci\u003eThe Mountain Lion\u003c\/i\u003e Stafford drew on her childhood memories of southern California and Colorado to tell the story of Molly Fawcett, her brother Ralph, and their shared journey through the treacherous passage from childhood into adolescence. Set in a country house in Maine, \u003ci\u003eThe Catherine Wheel\u003c\/i\u003e traces the tragic relationship between a lonely boy and his beloved aunt during a summer in which each of them secretly seeks revenge against the people who have betrayed them.","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"STANDARD","offer_id":62341594907011,"sku":"9781598536447","price":36.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/8456\/3587\/files\/9781598536447.jpg?v=1786151457","url":"https:\/\/shopcomics.eu\/products\/jean-stafford-complete-novels-loa-324-9781598536447","provider":"Shop Comics EU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}