{"product_id":"2940169121308","title":"A Partial History of Lost Causes: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR THE PEN\/HEMINGWAY PRIZE FOR DEBUT FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Jennifer duBois's mesmerizing and exquisitely rendered debut novel, a long-lost letter links two disparate characters, each searching for meaning against seemingly insurmountable odds. With uncommon perception and wit, duBois explores the power of memory, the depths of human courage, and the endurance of love.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNAMED BY THE NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION AS A 5 UNDER 35 AUTHOR ¢ WINNER OF THE CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARD GOLD MEDAL FOR FIRST FICTION ¢ WINNER OF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION ¢ NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eO: THE OPRAH MAGAZINE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAstonishingly beautiful and brainy . . . [a] stunning novel.\u003ci\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eI can't remember reading another novelat least not recentlythat's both incredibly intelligent and also emotionally engaging.Nancy Pearl, NPR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In St. Petersburg, Russia, world chess champion Aleksandr Bezetov begins a quixotic quest: He launches a dissident presidential campaign against Vladimir Putin. He knows he will not winand that he is risking his life in the processbut a deeper conviction propels him forward.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In Cambridge, Massachusetts, thirty-year-old English lecturer Irina Ellison struggles for a sense of purpose. Irina is certain she has inherited Huntington's diseasethe same cruel illness that ended her father's life. When Irina finds an old, photocopied letter her father wrote to the young Aleksandr Bezetov, she makes a fateful decision. Her father asked the chess prodigy a profound questionHow does one proceed in a lost causebut never received an adequate reply. Leaving everything behind, Irina travels to Russia to find Bezetov and get an answer for her father, and for herself.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSalon ¢ \u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eA Partial History of Lost Causes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A thrilling debut . . . [Jennifer] DuBois writes with haunting richness and fierce intelligence. . . . Full of bravado, insight, and clarity.\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e DuBois is precise and unsentimental. . . . She moves with a magician's control between points of view, continents, histories, and sympathies.\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e A real page-turner . . . a psychological thriller of great nuance and complexity.\u003ci\u003eThe Dallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Terrific . . . In urgent fashion, duBois deftly evokes Russia's political and social metamorphosis over the past thirty years through the prism of this particular and moving relationship.\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Hilarious and heartbreaking and a triumph of the imagination.Gary Shteyngart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47114151854320,"sku":"2940169121308","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169121308_p0.jpg?v=1763673352","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169121308","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}