{"product_id":"continental-drift-paperback-3","title":"Continental Drift - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRussell Banks\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The most convincing portrait I know of contemporary America . . . a great American novel.\" -- James Atlas, \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom acclaimed author Russell Banks, a masterful novel of hope lost and gained\u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003ea gripping, indelible story of fragile lives uprooted and transformed by injustice, disappointment, and the seductions and realities of the American dream.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBanks's searing tale of uprootedness, migration, and exploitation in contemporary America brings together two of the dominant realms of his fiction--New England and the Caribbean--skillfully braided into one taut narrative. \u003cem\u003eContinental Drift\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of a young blue-collar worker and family man who abandons his broken dreams in New Hampshire and the story of a young Haitian woman who, with her nephew and baby, flees the brutal injustice and poverty of her homeland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eContinental Drift \u003c\/em\u003eis a powerful literary classic from one of contemporary fiction's most important writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA powerful literary classic from one of contemporary fiction's most acclaimed and important writers, Russell Banks's \u003cem\u003eContinental Drift\u003c\/em\u003e is a masterful novel of hope lost and gained, and a gripping, indelible story of fragile lives uprooted and transformed by injustice, disappointment, and the seductions and realities of the American dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 408\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.06 x 8.05 x 5.39 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Continental Drift\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.5\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 25\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42135995023495,"sku":"9780060854942","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/ab4e0cd336d8837818eeb86a89aeae14_41bee3ed-7b11-4af6-995f-3d7679289602.webp?v=1732653407","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/continental-drift-paperback-3","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}