{"product_id":"trading-secrets-paperback","title":"Trading Secrets - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaule Constant\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBetsy Wing\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eMargot Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Prix Goncourt in 1998, this book is the work of one of France's most celebrated and interesting novelists writing at the height of her powers. It is fiction that leads readers through fascinating chambers of life where autobiography is constantly reimagined. A darkly comic novel about four women aging less-than-gracefully, \u003ci\u003eTrading Secrets\u003c\/i\u003e takes us to an academic conference in Kansas where, in an encounter between Aurore, a French woman, and her American counterpart, Gloria, the differences between their two cultures become sharply apparent. The result is a bitingly funny portrait of painfully complex, psychologically damaged individuals, all of whom have been, in some sense, \"colonized.\" The novel also offers an incisive picture of a French posture toward things American, from race relations to feminism to academia. As Paule Constant herself has said: \"C'est un livre en miroir.\" The book is a mirror, both in how its characters reflect one another and in what it shows us of ourselves and our world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaule Constant is the author of seven novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Governor's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska 1998), which was a finalist for the Prix Goncourt in 1994. Betsy Wing's translations include \u003ci\u003eThe Governor's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e, H駘鈩e Cixous's \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Promethea\u003c\/i\u003e, and Edouard Glissant's \u003ci\u003eThe Fourth Century\u003c\/i\u003e (all available from the University of Nebraska Press). Margot Miller teaches French at the University of Maryland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 165\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9 x 5.27 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42096526360711,"sku":"9780803264045","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/48876d47e56c563320bfa32de0292d71.webp?v=1732342382","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/trading-secrets-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}