{"product_id":"9780804170499","title":"Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW’ S \u003c\/i\u003e10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eA Best Book of the Year: \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicl\u003c\/i\u003ee, \u003ci\u003eSeattle Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWinner of the Plutarch Award for Best Biography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePenelope Fitzgerald, one of the most quietly brilliant novelists of the twentieth century, was a great English writer whose career didn’t begin until she was nearly sixty. Her life was marked by dramatic twists of fate, moving from a bishop’s palace to a sinking houseboat to a last, late blaze of renown. Her exquisite novels—short, spare masterpieces—would go on to win some of the most coveted awards in literature: the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Now, in an impeccable match of talent between biographer and subject, Hermione Lee gives us this remarkable writer’s story.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47021343473904,"sku":"9780804170499","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780804170499_p0.jpg?v=1763728689","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780804170499","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}