{"product_id":"blindfold","title":"Blindfold","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eWHAT I LOVED\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A work of dizzying intensity . . . an intriguing and sure-handed debut '' Don DeLillo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Brilliant . . . a dark, mesmerising debut'' \u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Hustvedt has pulled off nothing less than a re-mapping of the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003emodern feminist psyche'' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIris Vegan, a graduate student living alone and impoverished in New York, encounters four strong characters who fascinate and in different ways subordinate her: an inscrutable urban recluse who employs her to record the possessions of a murdered woman; a photographer whose eerie portrait of Iris takes on a life of its own; an old woman in hospital who tries to claim a remnant of the ailing Iris; and a professor she has an affair with. An exploration of female identity in an age when the old definitions - as some man''s daughter\/wife\/mother - no longer apply, fuelled with eroticism and a sense of menace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Attests to Hustvedt''s thoroughly original style and her lucid contemporary voice . . . the announcement of a talented writer''s arrival'' Michiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR SIRI HUSTVEDT:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''Hustvedt is that rare artist, a writer of high intelligence, profound sensuality and a less easily definable capacity for which the only word I can find is wisdom'' \u003cb\u003eSalman Rushdie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''One of our finest novelists'' \u003cb\u003eOliver Sacks\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''Reading a Hustvedt novel is like consuming the best of David Lynch'' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''Few contemporary writers are as satisfying and stimulating to read as Siri Hustvedt'' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57305537610110,"sku":"NW9780340581230","price":12.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780340581230.jpg?v=1779976883","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/blindfold","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}