{"product_id":"is-beauty-good","title":"Is Beauty Good","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA novel composed of thirty self-contained chapters, \u003cem\u003eIs Beauty Good\u003c\/em\u003e approaches its central question from every imaginable angle. Set in places as varied as Berlin trams, English gardens, mountain paths, and quiet rooms, its characters speak, reflect, argue, and remember, each offering a different meditation on beauty, pain, morality, memory, and the natural world. Rather than building toward a single answer, Rosalind Belben creates a mosaic of voices that gradually reveals the profound ways beauty shapes how we experience being alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElegiac, philosophical, and formally daring, \u003cem\u003eIs Beauty Good\u003c\/em\u003e is unlike any conventional novel. Belben's luminous prose recalls the psychological depth of Virginia Woolf and the searching intensity of Thomas Bernhard, while remaining unmistakably her own. Rediscovered by NYRB Classics, this extraordinary work is a meditation on perception, loss, and the enduring value of beauty in an increasingly diminished world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRosalind Belben is an English novelist and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. She is the author of several acclaimed novels, including \u003cem\u003eThe Limit\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHound Music\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eChoosing Spectacles\u003c\/em\u003e, and the James Tait Black Award-winning \u003cem\u003eOur Horses in Egypt\u003c\/em\u003e. Admired by generations of writers for her singular style and uncompromising vision, Belben has earned a reputation as one of Britain's most original literary voices. This edition includes an introduction by German writer and translator Esther Kinsky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNYRB Classics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAugust 11, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e160\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSubjects\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLiterary Fiction · Philosophical Fiction · Modern Classics · British Literature · Experimental Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9798896230717\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old Post Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45324438274230,"sku":"9798896230717","price":24.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/2264\/4150\/files\/9798896230717.jpg?v=1785858851","url":"https:\/\/oldpostbookshop.com\/products\/is-beauty-good","provider":"Old Post Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}