{"product_id":"a-radical-romance-9781956474251","title":"A Radical Romance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA luminous memoir of love and grief from the author of \u003cem\u003eCommon People \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFirst U.S. Edition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlison Light met the radical social historian, Raphael Samuel, in London in 1986. Twenty years her senior, Raphael was a charismatic figure on the British Left, utterly driven by his work and by a commitment to collective politics. Within a year they were married. Within ten, Raphael would pass away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheirs was an attraction of opposites- he from a Jewish Communist family with its roots in Russia and Eastern Europe, she from the English working class. In this chronicle of a passionate marriage, Alison Light peels back the layers of their time together, its intimacies and its estrangements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"...more than just some summing-up: it is a work of art.\" -\u003cem\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Remarkable, moving, illuminating. A memoir of cauterizing honesty. This is a book that deserves to be widely read.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e -MARK BOSTRIDGE, \u003cem\u003eSPECTATOR\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An inspiring account of ... deep love...\" -\u003cem\u003eTLS\u003c\/em\u003e \"Beautifully crafted...it casts a light on the lightness of love and the profound depression of loss. A truly gifted writer.\" -\u003cem\u003eHERALD\u003c\/em\u003e \"The portrait of Spitalfields is superb, and so is the account of Raphael's astonishing mother Minna.\" -MARGARET DRABBLE, \u003cem\u003eTLS, BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Compulsively readable. Light is a shrewd narrator...She reflects with careful psychological and philosophical insight on the reality of loneliness and profound loss following ten years of marriage...Light is also a poet and it shows in certain suppositions and propositions...\" -\u003cem\u003eRTE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10608809\"\u003eAlison Light\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Heliotrope Books LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/14\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.59d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781956474251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1956474250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO010000\"\u003ePolitical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003ePersonal Memoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO022000\"\u003eWomen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heliotrope Books LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44454587465965,"sku":"9781956474251","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_2ebd0cca-3bc8-4297-a9a4-92c4f51aa1b2.jpg?v=1700377709","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/a-radical-romance-9781956474251","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}