{"product_id":"9780141999746","title":"The Women","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Magical … truly original … Writing of people who limited themselves and died of it, Als has overcome limits' \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat are the forces that shape us?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eHilton Als's brilliant, now-classic meditation on gender, race and personal identity in America\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Women\u003c\/i\u003e, Hilton Als explores-with breath taking originality-the role of sexual and racial identity in marginalized lives. With a blend of fact and fiction, Als brings to vivid life a number of extraordinary characters, including: his mother, a singular woman whose West Indian heritage and determination inspired her son to write; Malcolm X's mother, whose mixed-race background and eventual descent into madness contributed to her son's burgeoning misogyny and fear; brilliant, Harvard-educated Dorothy Dean, who deeply empathized with white gay men; and Owen Dodson, teacher and poet, who played an important role in the author's development as a gay man, and thinker.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCombining memoir, cultural history, social theory and storytelling, \u003ci\u003eThe Women\u003c\/i\u003e is a profoundly innovative work which has inspired a generation of writers. Here, Als submits both racial and sexual stereotypes to scrutiny, showing 'no mercy but every tenderness'. The results are exhilarating. The Women is that rarest of books: a memorable work of self-investigation that creates a form of all its own.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Als, Hilton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53954587427153,"sku":"9780141999746","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0826\/6478\/4209\/files\/9780141999746.jpg?v=1780584562","url":"https:\/\/thecommonpress.shop\/products\/9780141999746","provider":"The Common Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}