{"product_id":"9780812971774","title":"Sweet Land Stories","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eDoctorow, E.L.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRandom House Trade Paperbacks\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5\/10\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of America’s premier writers, the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eRagtime, Billy Bathgate,  The Book of Daniel, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWorld’s Fair\u003c\/i\u003e turns his astonishing narrative powers to the  short story in five dazzling explorations of who we are as a people and how we live.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ranging over the American continent from Alaska to Washington, D.C., these superb  short works are crafted with all the weight and resonance of the novels for which  E. L. Doctorow is famous. You will find yourself set down in a mysterious redbrick  townhouse in rural Illinois (“A House on the Plains”), working things out with a  baby-kidnapping couple in California (“Baby Wilson”), living on a religious-cult  commune in Kansas (“Walter John Harmon”), and sharing the heartrending cross-country  journey of a young woman navigating her way through three bad marriages to a kind  of bruised but resolute independence (“Jolene: A Life”). And in the stunning “Child,  Dead, in the Rose Garden,” you will witness a special agent of the FBI finding himself  at a personal crossroads while investigating a grave breach of White House security.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Two of these stories have already won awards as the best fiction of the year published  in American periodicals, and two have been chosen for annual best-story anthologies. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Composed in a variety of moods and voices, these remarkable portrayals of the American  spiritual landscape show a modern master at the height of his powers.","brand":"Random House Trade Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43383100834047,"sku":"9780812971774","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780812971774_s600x595.jpg?v=1775592104","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780812971774","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}