{"product_id":"9781617755460","title":"Discretion: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003e“A captivating tale of Oufoula Sindede, an African diplomat in a passionless marriage who falls madly in love with Marguerite, a New York City artist.” —\u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Dutifully married to lovely Nerida, Oufoula goes through the motions, formally keeping his distance from the woman with whom he shares his bed. And yet there is a deeper, buried passion within him that will lead him to question which values he holds sacred and which can be sacrificed.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Despite his quiet marriage, the memory of a fiery love affair triggers Oufoula to entangle himself in the life of another woman, a Jamaican-born painter named Marguerite. Soon he discovers that Marguerite is nothing like his quick old flames or his gentle wife, Nerida—Marguerite is much more.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e And so begins a whirlwind affair, spanning over twenty years, between a young woman who wants order and love and a man who is torn between the honors of his profession and his dishonorable love life; the old African customs of polygamy and the American dream; the passion for a mistress and the duty to a wife.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A provocative new love story.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Refreshingly ambitious in its intellectual scope.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Right from the start of this haunting novel, Nunez adopts the mesmerizing myth-spinning voice of an oral storyteller . . . Nunez explores self-deception, envy, Christian monogamy vs. African polygamy, and the very real dilemma of loving two people at once.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A complex portrait of a love triangle by a gifted writer.” —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA main selection of the Black Expressions Book Club\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47139313844464,"sku":"9781617755460","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781617755460_p0.jpg?v=1769904685","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781617755460","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}