{"product_id":"subtle-bodies-book-norman-rush-9781400077137","title":"Subtle Bodies","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e NOTABLE BOOK * National Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eMating *\u003c\/i\u003e In a sophisticated romp through the tribulations and joys of marriage and friendship, a group of college friends reunites two decades after graduation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Rush is the best kind of comic novelist.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e After the sudden death of Douglas, once the ringleader of a clique of self-styled wits, his four best friends are summoned to his Catskills estate to mourn his passing. Responding to a mysterious sense of emergency in the call, Ned flies in from San Francisco with his wife Nina in furious pursuit; they're at a critical point in their attempts to conceive and she won't let a funeral get in the way. It is Nina who gives us a pointed, irreverent commentary as the men reconvene, while Ned tries to understand what it was that made this clutch of souls his friends to begin with--before time, sex, work, and the brutal quirks of history reshaped them.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Filled with unexpected, funny, telling aperçus, Norman Rush's \u003ci\u003eSubtle Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e is also a deeply moving exploration of the meanings of life.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49590777872657,"sku":"GOR010791378","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49786910966033,"sku":"CIN1400077133G","price":5.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50763845763345,"sku":"CIN1400077133VG","price":5.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1400077133.jpg?v=1751018170","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/subtle-bodies-book-norman-rush-9781400077137","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}