Foreign affairs : a novel
(Book)
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Published
New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006.
Status
Central - Adult Fiction
F LURIE
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Published
New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Notes
Description
Virginia Miner, a fifty-something, unmarried tenured professor, is in London to work on her new book about children's folk rhymes. Despite carrying a U.S. passport, Vinnie feels essentially English and rather looks down on her fellow Americans. But in spite of that, she is drawn into a mortifying and oddly satisfying affair with an Oklahoman tourist who dresses more Bronco Billy than Beau Brummel. Also in London is Vinnie's colleague Fred Turner, a handsome, flat broke, newly separated, and thoroughly miserable young man trying to focus on his own research. Instead, he is distracted by a beautiful and unpredictable English actress and the world she belongs to. Both American, both abroad, and both achingly lonely, Vinnie and Fred play out their confused alienation and dizzying romantic liaisons in Alison Lurie's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Smartly written, poignant, and witty, Foreign Affairs remains an enduring comic masterpiece.
Awards
National Book Award for Fiction Finalist
Awards
National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Finalist
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Lurie, A. (2006). Foreign affairs: a novel (Random House trade paperback edition.). Random House Trade Paperbacks.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lurie, Alison. 2006. Foreign Affairs: A Novel. Random House Trade Paperbacks.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lurie, Alison. Foreign Affairs: A Novel Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Lurie, Alison. Foreign Affairs: A Novel Random House trade paperback edition., Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006.
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