{"product_id":"9781408853948","title":"Worlds Apart: A Memoir","description":"The writer David Plante has kept a diary of his life among the artistic elite for over half a century. It is an extraordinary document, both deeply personal and a rare window onto disappearing worlds. This extracted memoir spans the 1980s, a period of exploration and growth for Plante and his lover Nikos Stangos, a partnership which will endure for forty years.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eDavid Plante and Nikos Stangos first made a life together in London in the mid-sixties, when as newcomers they were introduced by Stephen Spender to his circle, connections criss-crossing, dazzlingly, through the air of their adopted city, interconnecting so many admired figures.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Now navigating worlds beyond London – from a house-share with Germaine Greer in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to a trip to Jerusalem with Philip Roth; from the loss of parents to the growing spectre of AIDS; and in New York, Umbria, Lucca, the Aegean and rural Ireland – these are stories of expanding horizons and of a deepening and developing love: the challenges of monogamy, the strains of separation, of a growing maturity and awareness – and of what it is to belong.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWorlds Apart \u003c\/i\u003eis a poignant, moving portrait of a relationship and a luminous evocation of a world of writers, poets, artists and thinkers.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47138074722544,"sku":"9781408853948","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781408853948_p0.jpg?v=1763719245","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781408853948","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}