{"product_id":"discretion-9781617755491","title":"Discretion","description":"\u003cp\u003eA main selection of the \u003cb\u003eBlack Expressions Book Club.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Refreshingly ambitious in its intellectual scope.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A captivating tale of Oufoula Sindede, an African diplomat in a passionless marriage who falls madly in love with Marguerite, a New York City artist.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Right from the start of this haunting novel, Nunez adopts the mesmerizing myth-spinning voice of an oral storyteller...In unaffected prose, Nunez explores self-deception, envy, Christian monogamy vs. African polygamy, and the very real dilemma of loving two people at once...This rich, multilayered narrative is powerful in its sweep and moving in its insight.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A complex portrait of a love triangle by a gifted writer.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet amongst the struggles of American, Caribbean, and African diplomacy in the late 1980s, \u003ci\u003eDiscretion\u003c\/i\u003e follows the harrowing journey of Oufoula Sindede, a diplomat of rough beginnings, who discovers his desires may be out of his control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDutifully married to lovely Nerida, Oufoula goes through the motions of marriage, formally keeping his distance from the woman with whom he shares his bed. And yet there is a deeper, buried passion within him that will lead him to question which values he holds sacred and which can be sacrificed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite his quiet marriage, the memory of a fiery love affair triggers Oufoula to entangle himself in the life of another woman, a Jamaican-born painter named Marguerite. Soon he discovers that Marguerite is nothing like any of his quick old flames or his gentle wife, Nerida--Marguerite is much more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd so begins a whirlwind affair, spanning over twenty years, between a young woman who wants order and love and a man who is torn between the honors of his profession and his dishonorable love life; the old African customs of polygamy and the American dream; and the passion for a mistress and the duty to his wife. Nunez's heartbreaking fourth novel questions the customs we think we know with the truths that passion and love reveal about ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nunez, Elizabeth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/25\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Akashic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781617755491\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.81d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elizabeth Nunez","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32749558366283,"sku":"9781617755491","price":41.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_4fc00812-9cd7-484f-801e-ee285ee18146.jpg?v=1597791413","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/discretion-9781617755491","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}