{"product_id":"a-few-novels-paperback","title":"A Few Novels - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTom McPherson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy do some novels stay with us long after their plots have faded?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eA Few Novels\u003c\/em\u003e, Tom McPherson reflects on thirty-two books that have remained vivid over the years, from Stendhal and Dostoevsky to Virginia Woolf, Hermann Hesse, Anthony Burgess and Donna Tartt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are not summaries or conventional works of criticism. Each essay begins with something that persists: a scene, a gesture, an image, a particular way of seeing. From there, the writing stays close to the experience of the novel itself, following what continues to feel alive, unresolved or difficult to forget.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe essays move across nearly two centuries of fiction, but they are connected by the same question: what is it that a novel can hold so well? Uncertainty, contradiction, memory, attention, and the slow unfolding of a life from within all become part of the answer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Few Novels\u003c\/em\u003e is a book about reading, but also about what remains after reading is over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 156\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.33 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68377982173405,"sku":"9781919563510","price":16.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/IitkitTcg49781919563510.webp?v=1793577063","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/a-few-novels-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}