{"product_id":"ordinary-pleasures-couples-conversation-and-comedy-9780814250822","title":"Ordinary Pleasures: Couples, Conversation, and Comedy","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Kay Young\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Ohio State University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Ohio State University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrdinary Pleasures\u003c\/i\u003e offers a new theory of narrative in its uncovering of how conversations and comic exchanges between lovers in stories create an intimacy and happiness of the everyday. Drawing on a diverse body of theory (from sociolinguistics to philosophy to literary criticism) and reading an unexpectedly eclectic group of texts (works by Shakespeare and Tolstoy appear beside \u003ci\u003eCasablanca\u003ci\u003e and\u003ci\u003e I Love Lucy\u003c\/i\u003e), Kay Young explores how narrative couples play together, struggle together, and return to one another to experience what it means to be in a relationship over time.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ohio State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47598737293463,"sku":"9780814250822","price":4024.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780814250822.webp?v=1775001850","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/ordinary-pleasures-couples-conversation-and-comedy-9780814250822","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}