{"product_id":"art-and-lies-by-jeanette-winterson-u-s-first-edition-first-printing-1994-knopf","title":"Art and Lies by Jeanette Winterson [U.S. FIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING] 1995 • Knopf","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eArt and Lies by Jeanette Winterson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eU.S. FIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING [1995] ALFRED A. KNOPF\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover with dust jacket in excellent condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDust jacket has light shelf wear.  Housed in a HQ jacket protector!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook itself is excellent. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLooks and reads like new!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eABOUT THE BOOK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHandel is a failed priest but abiding Catholic with elitist tendencies whose work as a doctor forces him to consider social questions that he would probably rather avoid. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePicasso, as she calls herself, is a young artist who has been sexually abused by her brother but whose family thinks she is at fault for her dark moods. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSappho is, indeed, Sappho, the lesbian poet of ancient Greece, who here proclaims herself a sensualist and then proceeds to dissect \"the union of language and lust.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe three converge in a place that may be England in a not-too-distant future made ugly by pollution and even uglier by greed. This is not a novel but an extended rift on art, sex, religion, social repression, the dangers of patriarchy, and everything that is wrong with the contemporary drift to the right. As such, it will be hard going for most readers, but those with some patience will discover exceptionally evocative writing and a vivifying review of some much-discussed contemporary issues.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Apocalypse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48742461047033,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/3103\/1574\/files\/artandlies-1.jpg?v=1785560487","url":"https:\/\/bookshopapocalypse.com\/products\/art-and-lies-by-jeanette-winterson-u-s-first-edition-first-printing-1994-knopf","provider":"Bookshop Apocalypse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}