{"product_id":"the-transit-of-venus","title":"The Transit of Venus","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe award-winning, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling literary masterpiece of Shirley Hazzard--the story of two beautiful orphan sisters whose fates are as moving and wonderful, and yet as predestined, as the transits of the planets themselves\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Penguin Classic\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConsidered \"one of the great English-language novels of the twentieth century\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eThe Transit of Venus\u003c\/i\u003e follows Caroline and Grace Bell as they leave Australia to begin a new life in post-war England. From Sydney to London, New York, and Stockholm, and from the 1950s to the 1980s, the two sisters experience seduction and abandonment, marriage and widowhood, love and betrayal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith exquisite, breathtaking prose, Australian novelist Shirley Hazzard tells the story of the displacements and absurdities of modern life. The result is at once an intricately plotted Greek tragedy, a sweeping family saga, and a desperate love story.\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 0143135651\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9780143135654\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Hazzard, Shirley, Groff, Lauren\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin Classics\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Mar 2021)","offer_id":45937603182789,"sku":"9780143135654","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9780143135654_7959031f-ab23-4be9-90cd-e545bb00348d.jpg?v=1772881069","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/the-transit-of-venus","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}