{"product_id":"something-rich-and-strange-selected-stories-9780062349354","title":"Something Rich and Strange: Selected Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the acclaimed, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eSerena\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Cove\u003c\/em\u003e, thirty of his finest short stories, collected in one volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo one captures the complexities of Appalachia--a rugged, brutal landscape of exquisite beauty--as evocatively and indelibly as author and poet Ron Rash. Winner of the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, two O Henry prizes, and a finalist for the PEN\/Faulkner Award, Rash brilliantly illuminates the tensions between the traditional and the modern, the old and new south, tenderness and violence, man and nature. Though the focus is regional, the themes of Rash's work are universal, striking an emotional chord that resonates deep within each of our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSomething\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eRich and Strange\u003c\/em\u003e showcases this revered master's artistry and craftsmanship in thirty stories culled from his previously published collections \u003cem\u003eNothing Gold Can Stay, Burning Bright, Chemistry, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Night New Jesus Fell to Earth\u003c\/em\u003e. Each work of short fiction demonstrates Rash's dazzling ability to evoke the heart and soul of this land and its people--men and women inexorably tethered to the geography that defines and shapes them. Filled with suspense and myth, hope and heartbreak, told in language that flows like \"shimmering, liquid poetry\" (\u003cem\u003eAtlanta Journal Constitution\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cem\u003eSomething Rich and Strange\u003c\/em\u003e is an iconic work from an American literary virtuoso. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRash, Ron:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eRon Rash is the author of the 2009 PEN\/Faulkner finalist and \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eSerena\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAbove the Waterfall\u003c\/em\u003e, in addition to four prizewinning novels, including \u003cem\u003eThe Cove, One Foot in Eden, Saints at the River\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe World Made Straight\u003c\/em\u003e; four collections of poems; and six collections of stories, among them \u003cem\u003eBurning Bright\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the 2010 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, and \u003cem\u003eChemistry and Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, which was a finalist for the 2007 PEN\/Faulkner Award. Twice the recipient of the O. Henry Prize, he teaches at Western Carolina University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50600780562706,"sku":"9780062349354","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a52c09e5-692e-438e-a4a5-e2bd159b3bf6.jpg?v=1732216424","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/something-rich-and-strange-selected-stories-9780062349354","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}