{"product_id":"a-brief-history-of-yes-paperback-2","title":"A Brief History of Yes - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 119\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 8.49 x 5.58 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 18, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47469368148189,"sku":"9781564788498","price":16.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/Y05FY0ZUUGNPY01OUlRFYnVUUFUvdz09_61c930b0-771f-40be-b6e5-d1c7150476da.webp?v=1771699086","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/a-brief-history-of-yes-paperback-2","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}