{"product_id":"an-absence-of-cousins-a-novel-9781914502101","title":"An Absence of Cousins: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eIlka Weisz, a Jewish refugee from Vienna, accepts a junior teaching post at the Concordance Institute in Connecticut, hoping to find a new set of friends and elective cousins. The Shakespeares, the institute's director and his wife, may hold the key, but tragedy and loss haunt the characters as they plan an academic symposium on genocide. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 256 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 25 July 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Sort of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIlka Weisz, a Jewish refugee from Vienna, has left her home in New York to accept a junior teaching post at the prestigious Concordance Institute, a liberal college in bucolic Connecticut. However, she faces the challenge of finding a new set of friends and a surrogate family in this new environment. The Shakespeares, the institute's director and his wry, acerbic wife, may hold the key to Ilka's quest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn these interlinked New Yorker stories, Lore Segal evokes the comic melancholy of the outsider and the ineffectual ambitions of a progressive, predominantly WASP-ish institution. Tragedy and loss haunt characters as they plan an academic symposium on genocide, while their privileged lives contrast starkly with those on a derelict housing project next door. The collection includes the acclaimed New Yorker podcast story, \"The Reverse Bug.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 300g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 130 x 198 x 24 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781914502101\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eEdition number\u003c\/strong\u003e: Main\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lore Segal","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":46481084875002,"sku":"9781914502101","price":7.13,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/1722116043098_book.jpg?v=1722232425","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/an-absence-of-cousins-a-novel-9781914502101","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}