{"product_id":"the-lost-landscape-a-writers-coming-of-age-9780062408686","title":"The Lost Landscape: A Writer's Coming of Age","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten with the raw honesty and poignant insight that were the hallmarks of her acclaimed bestseller \u003cem\u003eA Widow's Story\u003c\/em\u003e, an affecting and observant memoir of growing up from one of our finest and most beloved literary masters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Lost Landscape\u003c\/em\u003e is Joyce Carol Oates' vivid chronicle of her hardscrabble childhood in rural western New York State. From memories of her relatives, to those of a charming bond with a special red hen on her family farm; from her first friendships to her earliest experiences with death, \u003cem\u003eThe Lost Landscape\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful evocation of the romance of childhood, and its indelible influence on the woman and the writer she would become.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this exceptionally candid, moving, and richly reflective account, Oates explores the world through the eyes of her younger self, an imaginative girl eager to tell stories about the world and the people she meets. While reading \u003cem\u003eAlice in Wonderland\u003c\/em\u003e changed a young Joyce forever and inspired her to view life as a series of endless adventures, growing up on a farm taught her harsh lessons about sacrifice, hard work, and loss. With searing detail and an acutely perceptive eye, Oates renders her memories and emotions with exquisite precision, transporting us to a forgotten place and time--the lost landscape of her youth, reminding us of the forgotten landscapes of our own earliest lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOates, Joyce Carol:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJoyce Carol Oates is a recipient of the National Medal of Humanities, the National Book Critics Circle Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award, the National Book Award, and the 2019 Jerusalem Prize, and has been several times nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. She has written some of the most enduring fiction of our time, including the national bestsellers \u003cem\u003eWe Were the Mulvaneys\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eBlonde\u003c\/em\u003e, which was nominated for the National Book Award; and the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Falls\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the 2005 Prix Femina. She is the Roger S. Berlind Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at Princeton University and has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters since 1978.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50459909357842,"sku":"9780062408686","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_badca521-21f8-445c-91e6-371415ad43c3.jpg?v=1730014242","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-lost-landscape-a-writers-coming-of-age-9780062408686","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}