{"product_id":"janus-island-sloan-wilson","title":"Janus Island  -  Sloan Wilson","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"153\" data-end=\"169\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"153\" data-end=\"169\"\u003eJanus Island\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\r\n\u003ch6 data-section-id=\"1dzgbqh\" data-start=\"171\" data-end=\"182\"\u003eAuthor: \u003cstrong data-start=\"183\" data-end=\"199\"\u003eSloan Wilson\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h6\u003e\r\n\u003ch6 data-section-id=\"1bu3r2q\" data-start=\"201\" data-end=\"215\"\u003ePublisher: \u003cstrong data-start=\"216\" data-end=\"253\"\u003eLittle, Brown and Company, Boston\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h6\u003e\r\n\u003ch6 data-section-id=\"2fag94\" data-start=\"255\" data-end=\"267\"\u003eEdition: \u003cstrong data-start=\"268\" data-end=\"291\"\u003eFirst Edition, 1967\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h6\u003e\r\n\u003ch6 data-section-id=\"xrlm9p\" data-start=\"293\" data-end=\"305\"\u003eBinding: \u003cstrong data-start=\"306\" data-end=\"319\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h6\u003e\r\n\u003ch6 data-section-id=\"tffev0\" data-start=\"321\" data-end=\"331\"\u003ePages: \u003cstrong data-start=\"332\" data-end=\"339\"\u003e399\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h6\u003e\r\n\u003ch6 data-section-id=\"77yf4p\" data-start=\"341\" data-end=\"350\"\u003eSize: \u003cstrong data-start=\"351\" data-end=\"375\"\u003e5.5 × 1 × 8.5 inches\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h6\u003e\r\n\u003ch6 data-section-id=\"8odhfy\" data-start=\"377\" data-end=\"390\"\u003eLanguage: \u003cstrong data-start=\"391\" data-end=\"402\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h6\u003e\r\n \r\n\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"1132\" data-end=\"1335\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"1132\" data-end=\"1146\"\u003eJanus Island\u003c\/em\u003e by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1150\" data-end=\"1166\"\u003eSloan Wilson\u003c\/strong\u003e is a work of twentieth-century American fiction that explores questions of \u003cstrong data-start=\"1242\" data-end=\"1334\"\u003ehuman relationships, personal responsibility, social expectations, and individual choice\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp data-start=\"1337\" data-end=\"1655\"\u003eThe title evokes the idea of \u003cstrong data-start=\"1366\" data-end=\"1375\"\u003eJanus\u003c\/strong\u003e, the Roman god traditionally associated with two faces looking in opposite directions. This idea provides an appropriate framework for a novel concerned with contrasting perspectives, choices, and the tensions that can arise between different aspects of personal and social life.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp data-start=\"1657\" data-end=\"1983\"\u003eSloan Wilson was an American novelist best known for works that examined the pressures and expectations of modern middle-class life. His fiction frequently focused on relationships, family, professional responsibilities, and the difficulties faced by individuals attempting to balance personal desires with social obligations.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp data-start=\"1985\" data-end=\"2296\"\u003eIn \u003cem data-start=\"1988\" data-end=\"2002\"\u003eJanus Island\u003c\/em\u003e, the island setting provides a distinctive environment in which characters and relationships can be examined away from the familiar structures of everyday society. An isolated environment can intensify personal conflicts and encourage characters to reconsider their priorities and assumptions.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp data-start=\"2298\" data-end=\"2628\"\u003eThe novel is particularly interesting for readers studying \u003cstrong data-start=\"2357\" data-end=\"2432\"\u003eAmerican social and cultural attitudes during the mid-twentieth century\u003c\/strong\u003e. Published in 1967, it belongs to a period when American society was undergoing significant changes in attitudes toward relationships, family life, individual identity, and social responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp data-start=\"2630\" data-end=\"2964\"\u003eWilson's fiction is notable for its attention to the emotional and social pressures affecting ordinary people. His characters often confront difficult choices between what society expects of them and what they personally want. 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