{"product_id":"unknown-masterpieces-writers-rediscover-literatures-hidden-classics-9781590170779","title":"Unknown Masterpieces: Writers Rediscover Literature's Hidden Classics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this original collection, several of today''s finest writers introduce little-known  treasures of literature that they count among their favorite books. Here Toni Morrison  celebrates a great Guinean storyteller whose novel of mystical adventure and surprising  revelation transforms our image of Africa, while Susan Sontag raises the curtain  on a distant summer when three of the greatest poets of the twentieth century exchanged  love letters like no others. Here too John Updike analyzes the rare art of an English  comic genius, Jonathan Lethem considers a hard-boiled and heartbreaking story of  prison life, and Michael Cunningham uncovers the secrets of what may well be the  finest short novel in modern American literature. Other contributors include such  noted authors as Arthur C. Danto, Lydia Davis, Elizabeth Hardwick, Francine Prose,  Lucy Sante, Colm Tóibín, Eliot Weinberger, and James Wood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucid, polished, provocative,  inspiring, these essays are models of critical appreciation, offering personal, impassioned,  thoughtful responses to a wide range of wonderful books. Unknown Masterpieces is  a treat for all lovers of great writing and a useful and stimulating guidebook for  readers eager to venture off literature''s beaten tracks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEliot Weinberger on \u003ci\u003eHindoo  Holiday\u003c\/i\u003e by J.R. Ackerley\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArthur C. Danto on \u003ci\u003eThe Unknown Masterpiece\u003c\/i\u003e by Honoré de  Balzac\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Updike on \u003ci\u003eSeven Men\u003c\/i\u003e by Max Beerbohm\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Lethem on \u003ci\u003eOn the Yard\u003c\/i\u003e by  Malcolm Braly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToni Morrison on \u003ci\u003eThe Radiance of the King\u003c\/i\u003e by Camara Laye\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColm Tóibín  on \u003ci\u003eThe Go-Between\u003c\/i\u003e by L.P. Hartley\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrancine Prose on \u003ci\u003eA High Wind in Jamaica\u003c\/i\u003e by Richard  Hughes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusan Sontag on \u003ci\u003eLetters: Summer 1926\u003c\/i\u003e by Boris Pasternak, Marina Tsvetayeva,  and Rainer Maria Rilke\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucy Sante on \u003ci\u003eClassic Crimes\u003c\/i\u003e by William Roughead\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Wood  on \u003ci\u003eThe Golovlyov Family\u003c\/i\u003e by Shchedrin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Hardwick on \u003ci\u003eThe Unpossessed\u003c\/i\u003e by Tess  Slesinger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLydia Davis on \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Henry Brulard\u003c\/i\u003e by Stendhal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Cunningham  on \u003ci\u003eThe Pilgrim Hawk\u003c\/i\u003e by Glenway Wescott\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The New York Review of Books, Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53188764270935,"sku":"9781590170779","price":11.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/unknown-masterpieces-writers-rediscover-literatures-hidden-classics-9781590170779","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}