{"product_id":"the-red-convertible-selected-and-new-stories-1978-2008-9780061720253","title":"The Red Convertible: Selected and New Stories, 1978-2008","description":"\u003cp\u003eA stunning collection of short stories by Louise Erdrich, author of the National Book Award-winning \u003cem\u003eThe Round House\u003c\/em\u003e. Selected by the author herself from over three decades of work, \u003cem\u003eThe Red Convertible\u003c\/em\u003e is a veritable masterclass in the art of short fiction. In \"Saint Marie,\" a Native American girl leaves her reservation to enter the Sacred Heart Convent and is propelled into a life-and-death struggle with the diabolical Sister Leopolda. \"Knives\" features a homely butcher's assistant, a devoted reader of love stories, who falls for a good-looking but predatory traveling salesman with devastating consequences for each of them. A passion for music in \"Naked Woman Playing Chopin\" proves more powerful than any experience of carnal or spiritual love; indeed, when Agnes DeWitt removes her clothing to enter the music of a particular composer, she sweeps all before her and transcends mortality and time itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collection of breathtaking power and originality, \u003cem\u003eThe Red Convertible\u003c\/em\u003e cements Louise Erdich's position in the pantheon of consummate, innovative writers of the American short story alongside such luminaries as Flannery O'Connor and Charles Baxter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\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":"HarperLuxe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50317900841234,"sku":"9780061720253","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_20cd734b-ff35-4972-97b3-262605bfa9b6.jpg?v=1727542485","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-red-convertible-selected-and-new-stories-1978-2008-9780061720253","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}