{"product_id":"books-the-feast-of-love-by-charles-baxter","title":"The Feast of Love","description":"\u003cb\u003eNational Book Award Finalist \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom one of our most gifted writers \u003ci\u003e(Chicago Tribune), \u003c\/i\u003e here is a superb new novel that delicately unearths the myriad manifestations of extraordinary love between ordinary people. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Feast of Love\u003c\/i\u003e is just that -- a sumptuous work of fiction about the thing that most distracts and delights us. In a re-imagined \u003ci\u003eMidsummer Night's Dream, \u003c\/i\u003e men and women speak of and desire their ideal mates; parents seek out their lost children; adult children try to come to terms with their own parents and, in some cases, find new ones. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In vignettes both comic and sexy, the owner of a coffee shop recalls the day his first wife seemed to achieve a moment of simple perfection, while she remembers the women's softball game during which she was stricken by the beauty of the shortstop. A young couple spends hours at the coffee shop fueling the idea of their fierce love. A professor of philosophy, stopping by for a cup of coffee, makes a valiant attempt to explain what he knows to be the inexplicable workings of the human heart Their voices resonate with each other -- disparate people joined by the meanderings of love -- and come together in a tapestry that depicts the most irresistible arena of life. Crafted with subtlety, grace, and power, \u003ci\u003eThe Feast of Love\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterful novel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSupurb. A near perfect book, as deep as it is broad in its humaneness, comedy and wisdom. -- \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53480221802769,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780375709104.jpg?v=1777544128","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-au\/products\/books-the-feast-of-love-by-charles-baxter","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}