{"product_id":"9780872863873","title":"Danger and Beauty","description":"Author: Jessica Hagedorn\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780872863873\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: City Lights Publishers\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 08 Apr 2002\u003cbr\u003ePages: 240 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHagedorn muses about love and sex, and probes with wry humor and sharp social satire the heart-and hearbreaks-of the immigrant experience. Here in one volume are this exciting writer's first two books, \u003ci\u003eDangerous Music\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePet Food \u0026amp; Tropical Apparitions\u003c\/i\u003e, along with a generous selection of her work that reveals a powerful and writty continuation of her journey as a singer and searcher, woman and questioner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jessica Hagedorn is one of the best of a new generation of writers who are making American language new and who in the process are creating a new American Literature.\" -Russell Banks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[Hagedorn] sees her native land from both near and far, with ambivalent love, the only kind of love worth writing about.\" -John Updike\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ms. Hagedorn is deliciously wicked . . . \" -Caryn James, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJessica Hagedorn is a performance artist, poet, playwright, and formerly a commentator on NPR. Her novel, \u003ci\u003eDogeaters\u003c\/i\u003e, won an American Book Award. Other books include the groundbreaking \u003ci\u003eCharlie Chan Is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Gangster of Love\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47919266431134,"sku":"ING-9780872863873","price":40.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780872863873.jpg?v=1782809497","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780872863873","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}