{"product_id":"chemistry-and-other-stories-9780312425081","title":"Chemistry and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChemistry and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, A Picador Paperback Original\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the pre-eminent chronicler of this forgotten territory, stories that range over one hundred years in the troubled, violent emergence of the New South.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn Ron Rash's stories, spanning the entire twentieth century in Appalachia, rural communities struggle with the arrival of a new era. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree old men stalk the shadow of a giant fish no one else believes is there. A man takes up scuba diving in the town reservoir to fight off a killing depression. A grieving mother leads a surveyor into the woods to name once and for all the county where her son was murdered by thieves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the Appalachia of Ron Rash's stories, the collision of the old and new south, of antique and modern, resonate with the depth and power of ancient myths.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRon Rash is the author of the prize-winning novels \"One Foot in Eden, Saints\" \"at the River \"and \"The World Made Straight,\" as well as several collections of poetry and short stories. He is the recipient of an O. Henry Prize and the James Still Award from the Fellowship of Southern Writers. For \"Saints at the River\" he received the 2004 Weatherford Award for Best Novel and the 2005 SEBA Best Book Award for Fiction. Rash holds the John Parris Chair in Appalachian Studies at Western Carolina University and lives in Clemson, South Carolina.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491674329362,"sku":"9780312425081","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2fd140c7-15b4-4f8d-8df0-e035945df44b.jpg?v=1730548231","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/chemistry-and-other-stories-9780312425081","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}