{"product_id":"the-foreign-student-a-novel-0345346963-used","title":"The Foreign Student: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0345346963\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Labro, Philippe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Used\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA #1 bestseller in France, this is a nostalgic portrait of a French scholarship students discovery of America during the academic year of 1954-1955.I wanted to fit in. I wanted to be American, like any ordinary student, because I figured that was my only chance to survive the immense loneliness looming ahead of me. I was elated to be there, in that remote Virginia alley, on that college campus. I was elated because back there, far away in France, my brothers would never experience this. And the school friends I left behind-they too were missing out on this tremendous adventure.Soon the young freshman becomes seduced by American culture and the popular icons of the mid-fifties: Jack Kerouac, Elvis Presley, James Dean, Fats Domino . . . a green Buick convertible, drive-in movies, and pretty Grace Kelly lookalikes in tight cardigans.Praise for The Foreign StudentOne of those books that is beyond criticism . . . a vivid portrait of life, American style.-LExpressA love affair with America . . . told with precision, clarity, and warmth.-France-SoirA Sentimental Education of the American South.-LuA grand risk, successfully realized . . . F. Scott Fitzgerald, French style. A splendid novel about a fragile, fugitive era.-Magazine LitteraireThe freshness of a first novel combined with nuanced reporting.-Le Monde\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68213382152480,"sku":"USED0345346963","price":7.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71QwmvJtYuL.jpg?v=1794275978","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-foreign-student-a-novel-0345346963-used","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}