{"product_id":"a-saint-from-texas-paperback","title":"A Saint from Texas - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdmund White\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Edmund White, a bold and sweeping new novel that traces the extraordinary fates of twin sisters, one destined for Parisian nobility and the other for Catholic sainthood. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Yvette and Yvonne Crawford are twin sisters, born on a humble patch of East Texas prairie but bound for far more dramatic and tragic fates. Just as an untold fortune of oil lies beneath their daddy's land, both girls harbor their own secrets and dreams-ones that will carry them far from Texas and from each other. As the decades unfold, Yvonne will ascend the highest ranks of Parisian society as Yvette gives herself to a lifetime of worship and service in the streets of Jericó, Colombia. And yet, even as they remake themselves in their radically different lives, the twins find that the bonds of family and the past are unbreakable. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Spanning the 1950s to the recent past, Edmund White's marvelous novel serves up an immensely pleasurable epic of two Texas women as their lives traverse varied worlds: the swaggering opulence of the Dallas nouveau riche, the airless pretension of the Paris gratin, and the strict piety of a Colombian convent. For nearly half a century, Edmund White's work has revitalized American literature, blithely breaking down boundaries of class and sexuality, and \u003ci\u003eA Saint From Texas\u003c\/i\u003e is one of his most joyous, gorgeously written, and piercing works to date.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdmund White (1940-2025) \u003c\/b\u003eauthored more than thirty works of fiction, memoir, and nonfiction, including the novels \u003ci\u003eA Boy's Own Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Our Young Man\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Humble Lover; \u003c\/i\u003ethe memoirs \u003ci\u003eCity Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInside a Pearl\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Unpunished Vice;\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Flâneur\u003c\/i\u003e, a tour through Paris; the literary biographies \u003ci\u003eGenet \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eRimbaud\u003c\/i\u003e; and many more. His most recent work, the sexual autobiography \u003ci\u003eThe Loves of My Life\u003c\/i\u003e, was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice. He received the PEN\/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction and the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 25, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50334626808045,"sku":"9781635577051","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/tGAx_dK9vb9781635577051.webp?v=1785017855","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-gb\/products\/a-saint-from-texas-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}