{"product_id":"the-ugliest-house-in-the-world-stories-9780395924808","title":"The Ugliest House in the World: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003ePeter Ho Davies is a young writer of unusually worldly perspective. Born in Britain to Welsh and Chinese parents, he writes stories that not only reflect his multinational heritage, but delight in odd juxtapositions. In tales that travel from Coventry to Kuala Lumpur, from the past to the present, and from hilarity to tragedy, American bandits herd ostriches in Patagonia, British soldiers confront Zulus in Natal, and John Wayne leads the way for local revolutionaries in Southeast Asia. These are stories in which small lives are affected by consequential events. In \"A Union,\" a prolonged strike at a Welsh slate quarry plays mystifying tricks of time on a couple expecting a baby. In \"The Silver Screen,\" ragtag rebels join a communist revolution with all the flair of the Keystone Kops. In the heartbreaking title story, a rural community in North Wales copes with the accidental death of a child and learns the reaches of guilt. With their deep vein of humanism and pointed humor, the stories\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavies, Peter Ho:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePETER HO DAVIES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e's\u003c\/strong\u003e novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Fortunes\u003c\/em\u003e, won the Anisfield-Wolf Award and the Chautauqua Prize and was a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book of the Year. He is also the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Welsh Girl\u003c\/em\u003e, long-listed for the Man Booker Prize and a London \u003cem\u003eTimes\u003c\/em\u003e best-seller, as well as two critically acclaimed collections of short stories. His fiction has appeared in \u003cem\u003eHarpers\u003c\/em\u003e, the\u003cem\u003e Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e, the\u003cem\u003e Paris Review, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e and has been anthologized in \u003cem\u003ePrize Stories: The O. Henry Awards \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e The Best American Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51424399982866,"sku":"9780395924808","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ac1dbdf7-f43c-46de-93ee-c8f548796ee2.jpg?v=1751374502","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-ugliest-house-in-the-world-stories-9780395924808","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}