{"product_id":"the-red-convertible-selected-and-new-stories-1978-2008-9780061536083","title":"The Red Convertible: Selected and New Stories, 1978-2008","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Culled from 30 years as one of America's most distinctive fictional voices . . . 36 affecting and inventive stories that dance around the Faulknerian world she's created. . . . Within these stories there exist Erdrich's poetic sentences and humane sensibility--and always another surprise on the next page.\" -- \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA collection of breathtaking power and originality by one of the most innovative and exciting writers of our day\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Louise Erdrich's fictional world, the mystical can emerge from the everyday, the comic can turn suddenly tragic, and violence and splendor inhabit a single emotional landscape. The fantastic twists and leaps of her imagination are made all the more meaningful by the deeper truth of human feeling that underlies them. These thirty-six short works selected by the author herself--including five previously unpublished stories--are ordered chronologically as well as by theme and voice, each tale spellbinding in its boldness and beauty. \u003cem\u003eThe Red Convertible\u003c\/em\u003e is a stunning literary achievement, the collected brilliance of a fearless and inventive writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eErdrich, Louise:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eLouise Erdrich, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, is the author of many novels as well as volumes of poetry, children's books, and a memoir of early motherhood. Her novel \u003cem\u003eThe Round House\u003c\/em\u003e won the National Book Award for Fiction. \u003cem\u003eLove Medicine\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLaRose \u003c\/em\u003ereceived the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction. Erdrich lives in Minnesota with her daughters and is the owner of Birchbark Books, a small independent bookstore. Her most recent book, \u003cem\u003eThe Night Watchman, \u003c\/em\u003e won the Pulitzer Prize. A ghost lives in her creaky old house.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50615500833042,"sku":"9780061536083","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_37115232-662d-4130-bd0b-d1ec7d214225.jpg?v=1732491267","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-red-convertible-selected-and-new-stories-1978-2008-9780061536083","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}