{"product_id":"the-pumpkin-eater-new-york-review-books-classics","title":"The Pumpkin Eater","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA nameless woman sits on a therapist’s couch, trying to make sense of a life that seems to be coming apart. She is the mother of a large brood of children and the wife of Jake Armitage, a successful screenwriter. Together they are building a great glass house in the country, imagining that this new life will somehow make everything whole.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut beneath the fantasy of domestic happiness lie depression, betrayal, infidelity, aging, and the exhausting demands of motherhood. As her carefully constructed world begins to fracture, she moves through doctors, husbands, movie stars, grocery lists, nursery rhymes, memories, dreams, and breakdowns, searching for a way to pull it all together. A surreal, darkly comic novel about motherhood, marriage, monogamy, and the terrifying possibility of falling apart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePenelope Mortimer (1918–1999) was a British novelist, journalist, and critic. She wrote numerous novels and short stories, worked as a film critic for the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eObserver\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and contributed regularly to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Pumpkin Eater\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, first published in 1962, was adapted into a 1964 film starring Anne Bancroft and Peter Finch, with a screenplay by Harold Pinter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDaphne Merkin is a writer and cultural critic whose work has appeared in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVogue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. She contributes an introduction to this edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew York Review Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eApril 26, 2011\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e224\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSubjects\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLove \u0026amp; Other Disasters · Literary Fiction · Dark Comedy · Marriage · Motherhood · Women’s Fiction · Psychological Fiction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9781590173824\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old Post Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67677574463670,"sku":"9781590173824","price":30.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/2264\/4150\/files\/9781590173824.jpg?v=1792422526","url":"https:\/\/oldpostbookshop.com\/products\/the-pumpkin-eater-new-york-review-books-classics","provider":"Old Post Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}