{"product_id":"the-professor-a-sentimental-education-9780061670923","title":"The Professor: A Sentimental Education","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Terry Castle\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Essays\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Terry Castle, the brilliant cultural commentator whom Susan Sontag called \"the most expressive, most enlightening literary critic at large today,\" comes a long-awaited collection of captivating personal essays. The title piece at the heart of the anthology--Castle's candid, wry, and rueful retelling of her romantic involvement with a female professor during graduate school--is a pitch-perfect recollection of the fiascoes of youth. Here, also, are classic Castle short works, including \"Desperately Seeking Susan,\" a droll and bittersweet account of her friendship with Sontag; \"My Heroin Christmas,\" a darkly humorous examination of addiction, her family and stepsiblings, and the late, great saxophonist Art Pepper; and the picaresque \"Travels with My Mother,\" a rollicking tour through lesbianism, art, and the difficult yet transcendent paintings of Agnes Martin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Professor\u003c\/em\u003e is Terry Castle at her best: utterly distinctive, wise, frank, and fearless.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45408252264599,"sku":"9780061670923","price":1305.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780061670923.webp?v=1767309613","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-professor-a-sentimental-education-9780061670923","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}