{"product_id":"living-in-the-weather-of-the-world-stories-9780525431855","title":"Living in the Weather of the World: Stories","description":"In stories by turns suspenseful, comic, subtle, and profound, Richard Bausch probes the fault lines of daily life. At three in the morning a man tries not to wake his sleeping wife while fielding calls from his suicidal mistress. A successful real estate agent with two grown sons tries an online dating service on a whim and is surprised by the complicated result. And after being held up at gunpoint, a police officer commiserates with his assailant about their unhappy marriages. Wherever he casts his gaze, Bausch illuminates shades of human experience that defy understanding.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichard Bausch is the author of twelve novels and eight previous volumes of short stories. He is a recipient of the REA Award For The Short Story, the PEN\/Malamud Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Award, the Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and The Dayton Literary Peace Prize for his novel \u003ci\u003ePeace\u003c\/i\u003e. He is past Chancellor of The Fellowship of Southern Writers, and his work is widely anthologized, including in \u003ci\u003ePushcart Prize Stories, The O. Henry Awards\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNew Stories from the South\u003c\/i\u003e. He is on the Writing Faculty of Chapman University in Orange, California. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e www.richardbausch.com\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51415200923922,"sku":"9780525431855","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/living-in-the-weather-of-the-world-stories-9780525431855","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}