{"title":"Anita Brookner","description":"Anita Brookner was born in London and, apart from several years in Paris, was a lifelong Londoner. She trained as an art historian and taught at the Courtauld Institute of Art until 1988. She is the author of twenty-seven books, including the Booker Prize-winning novel Hotel Du Lac. She died in 2016.","products":[{"product_id":"look-at-me-paperback","title":"Look at Me - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eA lonely art historian absorbed in her research seizes the opportunity to share in the joys and pleasures of the lives of a glittering couple, only to find her hopes of companionship and happiness shattered.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104469979359,"sku":"9780679738138","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/tcR0HTbxMH9780679738138.webp?v=1781108379"},{"product_id":"the-rules-of-engagement-paperback","title":"The Rules of Engagement - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Booker Prize-winning author of \"Hotel du Lac\" and \"Making Things Better\" gives readers an exquisite story about the changes in relationships over time, and how choices can both reflect the past and direct the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eElizabeth and Betsy had been school friends in 1950s London. Elizabeth, prudent and introspective, values social propriety. Betsy, raised by a spinster aunt, is open, trusting, and desperate for affection. After growing up and going their separate ways, the two women reconnect later in life. Elizabeth has married kind but tedious Digby, while Betsy is still searching for love and belonging. In this deeply perceptive story, Anita Brookner brilliantly charts the resilience of a friendship tested by alienation and by jealousy over a man who seems to offer the promise of escape.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104835997919,"sku":"9781400075300","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/T5Ph3nmKs19781400075300.webp?v=1781111416"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/anita-brookner.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}