{"product_id":"the-ice-at-the-bottom-of-the-world-stories-9780385415446","title":"The Ice at the Bottom of the World: Stories","description":"With a distinctive and original voice, Mark Richard's stories capture characters on the fringe of society, and illuminate the goodness at the heart of their Southern, down-and-out lies. Full of startling images and harrowing epiphanies, \u003ci\u003eThe Ice at the Bottom of the World \u003c\/i\u003eis a collection by a true master of his craft. In these ten stories, Mark Richard, winner of the 1990 PEN\/Ernest Hemingway Foundation Award, emerges as the heir apparent to Mark Twain, Flannery O'Connor, and William Faulkner.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Richard \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of two award-winning short story collections, \u003ci\u003eThe Ice at the Bottom of the World\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCharity\u003c\/i\u003e, and the novel \u003ci\u003eFishboy\u003c\/i\u003e. His short stories and journalism have appeared in the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the recipient of the PEN\/Hemingway Award, a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, and a Whiting Foundation Writer's Award. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and their three sons.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460166652178,"sku":"9780385415446","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0b9fc49a-1ed1-4d26-8160-d7282ebe7a8f.jpg?v=1730031965","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-ice-at-the-bottom-of-the-world-stories-9780385415446","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}