{"product_id":"a-brief-history-of-yes-paperback","title":"A Brief History of Yes - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMicheline Aharonian Marcom\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMicheline Marcom describes her newest novel, \"A Brief History of Yes\"--her first since 2008's scathing and erotic \"The Mirror in the Well\"--as a \"literary fado,\" referring to a style of Portuguese music that, akin to the American blues, is often melancholic and soulful, and encapsulates the feeling of \"saudade\"--meaning, loosely, yearning and nostalgia for something or someone irreparably lost. \"A Brief History of Yes\" tells the story of the break-up between a Portuguese woman named Maria and an unnamed American man: it is a collage-like, fragmentary novel whose form perfectly captures the workings of attraction and grief, proving once again that American literature has no better poet of love and loss than Micheline Aharonian Marcom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 119\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 8.49 x 5.58 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 18, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52163813408999,"sku":"9781564788498","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8329\/8279\/files\/293669726fa015162cefc66db65f1dc0.webp?v=1780612085","url":"https:\/\/skinnonsmooth.myshopify.com\/products\/a-brief-history-of-yes-paperback","provider":"SkinnOnSmooth","version":"1.0","type":"link"}