{"product_id":"travelers-book-regina-porter-9780525576204","title":"The Travelers","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmerican history comes to vivid, engaging life in this tale of two interconnected families (one white, one black) that spans from the 1950s to Barack Obama's first year as president. . . . The complex, beautifully drawn characters are unique and indelible.--\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAn astoundingly audacious debut.--\u003ci\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine \u003c\/i\u003e- A gorgeous generational saga.--\u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eESQUIRE \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR THE PEN\/HEMINGWAY AWARD FOR DEBUT NOVEL\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeet James Samuel Vincent, an affluent Manhattan attorney who shirks his modest Irish American background but hews to his father's meandering ways. James muddles through a topsy-turvy relationship with his son, Rufus, which is further complicated when Rufus marries Claudia Christie. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Claudia's mother--Agnes Miller Christie--is a beautiful African American woman who survives a chance encounter on a Georgia road that propels her into a new life in the Bronx. Soon after, her husband, Eddie Christie, is called to duty on an air craft carrier in Vietnam, where Tom Stoppard's play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead becomes Eddie's life anchor, as he grapples with mounting racial tensions on the ship and counts the days until he will see Agnes again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These unforgettable characters' lives intersect with a cast of lovers and friends--the unapologetic black lesbian who finds her groove in 1970s Berlin; a moving man stranded in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, during a Thanksgiving storm; two half-brothers who meet as adults in a crayon factory; and a Coney Island waitress whose Prince Charming is too good to be true. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With piercing humor, exacting dialogue, and a beautiful sense of place, Regina Porter's debut is both an intimate family portrait and a sweeping exploration of what it means to be American today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Travelers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A] kaleidoscopic d but . . . Porter deftly skips back and forth through the decades, sometimes summarizing a life in a few paragraphs, sometimes spending pages on one conversation. As one character observes, 'We move in circles in this life.' \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePorter's electric debut is a sprawling saga that follows two interconnected American families. . . . Readers will certainly be drawn in by Porter's sharp writing and kept hooked by the black-and-white photographs interspersed throughout the book, which give faces to the evocative voices.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50137227165969,"sku":"CIN0525576207G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50433514602769,"sku":"CIN0525576207VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50451557318929,"sku":"CIN0525576207A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0525576207.jpg?v=1750879555","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/de-de\/products\/travelers-buch-regina-porter-9780525576204","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}