{"product_id":"9780684813387","title":"Source of Light","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eSource of Light\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Reynolds Price\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere is the second volume of \u003ci\u003eA Great Circle,\u003c\/i\u003e the highly acclaimed Mayfield family trilogy, from one of America's literary treasures. \u003cbr\u003e Though a novel independent from \u003ci\u003eThe Surface of Earth, The Source of Light\u003c\/i\u003e continues the saga of the Mayfield family, here focusing on Hutchins Mayfield, whose desire for self-knowledge removes him from his secure existence as a prep school teacher and takes him on a journey to Oxford and Italy to study and write. Hutchins comes back home for a family crisis but ultimately returns to England, where he achieves a maturity that enables him to cope with commitments, abandonments, and the creation of an honest personal agenda. \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Source of Light,\u003c\/i\u003e Reynolds Price combines gravity and buoyancy, a mythic sense of the past with the mysteries of place, to forge an encompassing portrait of the strange and various world one travels through in the quest for self-fulfillment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e Strong, disturbing....It is a book to be read, considered, pondered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e Price's scenes are rich with detail and glow evocatively in the memory; his language is that of a poet who has found his theme and exalts in unfolding it for you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780684813387\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40590795178190,"sku":"9780684813387","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_f48287f3-58e3-4ee4-9f8c-95bfa79fdc15.jpg?v=1637743074","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780684813387","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}