{"product_id":"this-wide-terraqueous-world-9781566896672","title":"This Wide Terraqueous World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHaunting essays from acclaimed author Laird Hunt balance intimate remembrance with an examination of the writing life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this new collection of nonfiction from the celebrated author of \u003cem\u003eZorrie, \u003c\/em\u003e Laird Hunt uses fiction as an inspiration, a tool, even an obsession, employing its methods to get to the heart of experience. The \"sizzling\" work of Jane Bowles colors his wanderings through Palermo, while a London museum trip provokes a consideration of taxidermy's storytelling potential and fairytales blend with echoes of W. G. Sebald, Willa Cather, and László Krasznahorkai. From intrigue at the United Nations to a broken-down car in Nebraska, from the history of denim to the dangerous games of childhood, \u003cem\u003eThis Wide Terraqueous World\u003c\/em\u003e leads readers down the winding paths of memory as Hunt examines his subjects in razor-sharp prose both eerily spare and richly evocative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaird Hunt is the author of \u003cem\u003eZorrie, \u003cem\u003e which was a 2021 finalist for the National Book Award in Fiction. He has also been a finalist for the PEN\/Faulkner Award for Fiction and won the Anisfield-Wolf Award for Fiction, the Grand Prix de Littérature Américaine, and Italy's Bridge Prize. His reviews and essays have been published in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times, \u003c\/em\u003e the \u003cem\u003eWashington Post, \u003c\/em\u003e the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times, \u003c\/em\u003e and many others. He teaches in the Department of Literary Arts at Brown University and lives in Providence.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Coffee House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50452911915282,"sku":"9781566896672","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0c610f86-b5c6-4172-92f8-45b14dbe514f.jpg?v=1729827561","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/this-wide-terraqueous-world-9781566896672","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}