{"product_id":"the-american-woman-in-a-chinese-hat","title":"The American Woman in a Chinese Hat","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Carole Maso\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781628977141\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eeBook:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781628977158\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 10th, 2027\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDescription\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSet on the beautiful, indifferent Côte d'Azur, \u003cem\u003eThe American Woman in the Chinese Hat\u003c\/em\u003e is witness to an American writer rediscovering her sense of self through a string of sexual encounters.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStunning and erotic, \u003cem\u003eThe American Woman in a Chinese Hat\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles the irresistible adventures of Catherine, an American writer whose lover of ten years leaves her just before she embarks on a new life in France. Set into motion by a single act of abandonment, Catherine falls deeper and deeper into an irretrievable abandonment. Forcing the boundaries of identity, she enters a series of blinding sexual encounters with a poet, a fascist, a young Arlesian woman, a fireman, and three thieves. Written in a dwindling lexicon with a simple, warped musicality, \u003cem\u003eThe American Woman in the Chinese Hat\u003c\/em\u003e is a dark, uncompromising, seductive work of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCarole Maso\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of ten books. Her novels are \u003cem\u003eGhost Dance\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Art Lover\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAVA\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe American Woman in the Chinese Hat\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDefiance \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eMother \u0026amp; Child\u003c\/em\u003e. Forthcoming are the novels \u003cem\u003eEternity and the Dreamer\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWhat Does She See When She Closes Her Eyes?\u003c\/em\u003e, and she continues to work on her twenty-year opus, \u003cem\u003eThe Bay of Angels\u003c\/em\u003e. She is also the author of two sequences of poems in prose: \u003cem\u003eAureole\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBeauty is Convulsive\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as of a book of essays, \u003cem\u003eBreak Every Rule\u003c\/em\u003e, and a memoir, \u003cem\u003eThe Room Lit by Roses\u003c\/em\u003e. She is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships including, most recently, the 2018 Berlin Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49327464087707,"sku":"9781628977141","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":49327464120475,"sku":"9781628977158","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0594\/2915\/9067\/files\/DAP_CoverPlaceholderImage.jpg?v=1786994364","url":"https:\/\/dalkeyarchive.store\/products\/the-american-woman-in-a-chinese-hat","provider":"Dalkey Archive Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}