{"product_id":"a-wall-of-bright-dead-feathers-stories-9780965746892","title":"A Wall of Bright Dead Feathers: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner, 2022 Texas Institute of Letters Sergio Troncoso Award for Best First Book of Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Each of the flawed, fully human characters we meet in these twelve stories faces a moment of life-altering transformation. Most are newcomers to the scenic, rolling countryside of central Texas whose charms they romanticize, even as the troubles they hoped to leave behind persist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A young pianist struggles to keep her emotionally fragile boyfriend alive; a displaced New Yorker's ambivalence with guns results in two fractured families; an oil man gambles on his estranged daughter's integrity. The complicated history of this German-Czech region, where the stories are set, anchors the experience of two young artists who make a costly decision in 1862. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In graceful and precise, often lyrical, prose, Fraser Hale immerses us in lives whose superficial privilege provides no real protection against the unexpected.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBABETTE FRASER HALE's short fiction has won the Meyerson Award from \u003ci\u003eSouthwest Review\u003c\/i\u003e, a creative artist award from the Cultural Arts Council of Houston, and was recognized among the \"other distinguished stories\" in \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, 2015. She lives in central Texas and Houston with her husband and large, often muddy, dog.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Winedale Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50495229853970,"sku":"9780965746892","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a973ee9c-468a-4013-b6d2-3fe811963cb6.jpg?v=1730675759","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-wall-of-bright-dead-feathers-stories-9780965746892","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}