{"product_id":"love-and-the-novel-by-christina-lupton-9781788166478","title":"Love and the Novel","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA subversive, brilliant and beautifully written\u003c\/b\u003e book about love, play and power in fiction and in the well-read life' - Sarah Moss, author of \u003ci\u003eSummerwater\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRomantic love was born alongside the novel, and books have been shaping how we experience and think about our most intimate stories ever since. But what do novels give us when our own lives diverge from the usual narrative paths?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChristina is a professor used to examining stories with a critical eye; until one day in middle age she finds herself falling in love and leaving her marriage for a romance with another woman. This involves a familiar enough tale, but when her new partner suffers a stroke, Tina begins to reflect on the sorts of love that novels rarely capture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA heady mix of memoir, criticism and storytelling that draws on novels ranging from \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003ePrice of Salt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eConversations with Friends\u003c\/i\u003e, to illuminate the ways love and novels work, and show how some types of love, which don't race to a narrative end-point, might be the most important of all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA delicious combination of critical thought and passionate personal experience\u003c\/b\u003e.' - Tanya Shadrick, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cure for Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47424972914924,"sku":"9781788166478","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781788166478.jpg?v=1774768265","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/love-and-the-novel-by-christina-lupton-9781788166478","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}