{"product_id":"9781681378657","title":"Sun City","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eJansson, Tove; Teal, Thomas\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNYRB Classics\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Summer Book\u003c\/i\u003e and creator of the Moomins, an off-beat novel about a retirement community in sunny Florida.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Summer Book\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe True Deceiver\u003c\/i\u003e, as in her  many short stories, Tove Jansson was drawn again and again to the  everyday life of the aged. Not as a group apart but as full-blooded  people with as many jealousies, urges, and joys as any other group. It’s  no wonder that in her travels through America in the 1970s she became  fascinated with what was then a particularly American institution, the  retirement home, where older people live in their particular tightly  knit worlds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eSun City\u003c\/i\u003e, Jansson depicts these worlds in a group  portrait of residents and employees at the Berkeley Arms in St.  Petersburg, Florida. As the narrative moves from character to character,  so the characters move through an America riven by cultural divides,  facing the death of its dream. The Berkeley Arms’s newest resident finds  a place among the rocking chairs and endless chatter on the veranda,  while other residents long for past glories, mourning their losses and  killing time. Meanwhile one of their attendants, Bounty Joe, is eagerly  awaiting a letter, or even just a postcard, alerting him to the imminent  return of Jesus Christ. “Nobody’s normal anymore,” as the bartender  says, “not the old geezers and not the newborn kids.”","brand":"NYRB Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44747047436543,"sku":"9781681378657","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781681378657_s600x595.jpg?v=1775591809","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781681378657","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}