{"product_id":"the-transit-of-venus-2","title":"The Transit of Venus","description":"\"The Transit of Venus is one of the great English-language novels of the twentieth century.\" - The Paris Review\n\nFinalist for the National Book Award\nWinner of the National Book Critics' Circle Award\n\nThe award-winning, New York Times 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\n\nThe Transit of Venus is considered Shirley Hazzard's most brilliant novel. It tells the story of two orphan sisters, Caroline and Grace Bell, as they leave Australia to start a new life in post-war England. What happens to these young women--seduction and abandonment, marriage and widowhood, love and betrayal--becomes as moving and wonderful and yet as predestined as the transits of the planets themselves. Gorgeously written and intricately constructed, Hazzard's novel is a story of place: Sydney, London, New York, Stockholm; of time: from the fifties to the eighties; and above all, of women and men in their passage through the displacements and absurdities of modern life.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0140107479\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0140107479.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Hazzard, Shirley\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41608429928506,"sku":"DBV.0140107479.G","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0140107479-0_ad1db002-1cc6-42aa-a168-d0e48ac03c68.jpg?v=1787458497","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-transit-of-venus-2","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}