{"product_id":"march-pulitzer-prize-winner-a-novel","title":"March: Pulitzer Prize Winner (A Novel)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brooks, Geraldine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Books for Young Readers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eColor:\u003c\/b\u003e Multicolor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition:\u003c\/b\u003e Reprint\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Deckle Edge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 31-01-2006\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Number:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143036661\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Product Description      \u003cbr\u003e\nWinner of the Pulitzer Prize--a powerful love story set against the backdrop of the Civil War, from the author of The Secret Chord.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nFrom Louisa May Alcott's beloved classic\u003cbr\u003e\nLittle Women, Geraldine Brooks has animated the character of the absent father, March, and crafted a story \"filled with the ache of love and marriage and with the power of war upon the mind and heart of one unforgettable man\" (Sue Monk Kidd). With \"pitch-perfect writing\" (\u003cbr\u003e\nUSA Today), Brooks follows March as he leaves behind his family to aid the Union cause in the Civil War. His experiences will utterly change his marriage and challenge his most ardently held beliefs. A lushly written, wholly original tale steeped in the details of another time,\u003cbr\u003e\nMarch secures Geraldine Brooks's place as a renowned author of historical fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\n      Review      \u003cbr\u003e\n\"Brilliant...Geraldine Brooks' new novel, \u003cbr\u003e\nMarch, is a very great book....Brooks has magnificently wielded the novelist's license.\"—Beth Kephart, \u003cbr\u003e\nChicago Tribune\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\"A beautifully wrought story....Gripping....A taut plot, vivid characters and provocative issues.\"—Heller McAlpin, \u003cbr\u003e\nLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\"Honorable, elegant and true.\"—John Freeman, \u003cbr\u003e\nThe Wall Street Journal\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\"Harrowing and moving...In her previous book, \u003cbr\u003e\nYear of Wonders, Geraldine Brooks proved herself to be a wonderful novelist. \u003cbr\u003e\nMarch has all the same virtues...casting a spell that lasts much longer than the reading of it.\"—Karen Joy Fowler, \u003cbr\u003e\nThe Washington Post World\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\"Wholly original...deeply engaging.\"—Ron Charles, \u003cbr\u003e\nThe Christian Science Monitor\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\"Inspired... A disturbing, supple, and deeply satisfying story, put together with craft and care and imagery worthy of a poet.\"—\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Cleveland Plain Dealer\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\"Louisa May Alcott would be well pleased.\"—\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Economist\u003cbr\u003e\n      From the Back Cover      \u003cbr\u003e\n\"A very great book... It breathes new life into the historical fiction genre [and] honors the best of the imagination.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n —\u003cbr\u003e\nChicago Tribune\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n \"A beautifully wrought story about how war dashes ideals, unhinges moral certainties and drives a wedge of bitter experience and unspeakable memories between husband and wife.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n —\u003cbr\u003e\nLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n \"Inspired... A disturbing, supple, and deeply satisfying story, put together with craft and care and imagery worthy of a poet.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n —\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Cleveland Plain Dealer\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n \"Louisa May Alcott would be well pleased.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n —\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Economist\u003cbr\u003e\n      About the Author      \u003cbr\u003e\nGeraldine Brooks is the author of five novels: the Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003cbr\u003e\nMarch; the international bestsellers \u003cbr\u003e\nCaleb's Crossing, \u003cbr\u003e\nPeople of the Book, and \u003cbr\u003e\nYear of Wonders; and, most recently, \u003cbr\u003e\nThe Secret Chord. She has also written the acclaimed nonfiction works \u003cbr\u003e\nNine Parts of Desire and\u003cbr\u003e\n Foreign Correspondence. Born and raised in Australia, she lives on Martha's Vinyard with her husband, the author Tony Horwitz, and their two sons.\u003cbr\u003e\n      Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.      \u003cbr\u003e\nchapter one\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nVirginia Is a Hard Road\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nOctober 21, 1861\u003cbr\u003e\nThis is what I write to her: The clouds tonight embossed the sky. A dipping sun gilded and brazed each raveling edge as if the firmament were threaded through with precious filaments. I pause there to mop my aching eye, which will not stop tearing. The line I have set down is, perhaps, on the florid side of fine, but no matter: she is a gentle critic. My hand, which I note is flecked with traces of dried phlegm, has the tremor of exhaustion. Forgive my unlovely script, for an army on the march provides no tranquil place for reflection and correspondence. (I hope my dear young author is finding time amid all her many good works to make some use of my little den, and that her friendly rats will not grudge a short absence from her accustomed aerie.) And yet to sit here under the shelter of a great tree as the men make their cook fires and banter together provides a measure of peace. I write on the lap desk that you and the girls so thoughtfully provided me, and though I spilled my store of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 2015143036661\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.7 x 5.0 x 0.7 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50120592097584,"sku":"Trans_9780143036661","price":1013.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/81Zp12ZujHL.jpg?v=1757319785","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/products\/march-pulitzer-prize-winner-a-novel","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}