{"product_id":"it-was-gonna-be-like-paris-isbn-9780553345438","title":"It Was Gonna Be Like Paris","description":"New York's East Village: a vibrant, decadent scene of young artists who emulate bohemian  Paris of the 1920s. In this landscape populated by aspiring rock stars, addicts,  Hell’s Angels and misfits, eccentric spontaneity is a way of life. This is where  Sara, a struggling painter, works, lives and loves. She hasn’t made it yet, but she’s confident that her talent will carry her through. Sometimes. Sometimes she thinks  she’s only fooling herself. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Her ally is sardonic, witty Carrie, whose look is part  \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e model, part bag lady. Her undoing may be Brett, an irresistibly charming, fitfully  romantic “trouble boy.” A musician, he is by turns boyishly playful, surly, impetuous  and thoroughly unreliable. Sara finds her love for him as addictive as the habit  into which he slips more irrevocably every day. But release from her obsession is  as elusive as art itself.“Listfield captures the disillusionment of young artists in vignettes that combine the rawness of graffiti with the sentimentality of country music.”  —\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The Book’s appeal lies in Listfield’s powers of description and the way her short, insightful paragraphs capture the look and feel of the Lower East Side and its inhabitants.\" —\u003ci\u003eEast Village Eye\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Listfield skillfully paints the picture of a young woman questioning herself in a transitory, aimless world where many people are not even aware that there are such things as questions.”—\u003ci\u003eSunday New York Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmily Listfield\u003c\/b\u003e, author of\u003ci\u003e Variations in the Night\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSlightly Like Strangers, \u003c\/i\u003ewas born and raised in New York City. Her short fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003e20 Under 30, Bomb \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe\u003ci\u003e East Village Eye. \u003c\/i\u003eShe also writes book reviews for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Bantam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302608097509,"sku":"NP9780553345438","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780553345438.jpg?v=1767730244","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/it-was-gonna-be-like-paris-isbn-9780553345438","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}