{"product_id":"riceyman-steps","title":"Riceyman Steps","description":"In the \"great metropolitan industrial district\" of East London, Riceyman Steps lead from King's Cross Road to Riceyman Square. Here in this busy neighborhood, Henry Earlforward, the proprietor of a secondhand bookstore, takes a keen interest in Violet Arb, the widowed owner of a nearby confectionary shop. The middle-aged shopkeepers marry, but their chance for late-in-life happiness is increasingly shadowed by Henry's compulsive miserliness. Violet slowly realizes that her husband views everyday necessities -- heating, electricity, even food -- as extravagances to be resisted through self-denial. Starved for love as well as physical nourishment, the couple's only hope for survival lies with Elsie, their maid, and her warm-hearted generosity.\nWinner of the 1924 James Tait Black Memorial Prize, England's oldest literary award, Riceyman Steps weaves an atmospheric re-creation of London's harsh post-World War I mood. Its powerful exploration of sexual hunger and repression, written simply and with a deceptively light ironic tone, offers a compelling story of alienation, thwarted passion, and obsession.","brand":"Marissa's Books \u0026 Gifts, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54130026414373,"sku":"mii1792446331970","price":12.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1003\/0782\/9029\/files\/riceyman-steps_1.jpg?v=1792446336","url":"https:\/\/tonemist.shop\/products\/riceyman-steps","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}