{"product_id":"three-farmers-on-their-way-to-a-dance-9780063140219","title":"Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Dazzling and audacious. . . Nothing short of astounding.\" --\u003cem\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe critically acclaimed debut novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Overstory \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003ePlayground\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A writer of blistering intellect . . . [Powers is] a novelist of ideas and a novelist of witness, and in both respects, he has few American peers.\" -- Richard Eder, \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the spring of 1914, renowned photographer August Sander took a photograph of three young men on their way to a country dance. This haunting image, capturing the last moments of innocence on the brink of World War I, provides the central focus of Powers's brilliant and compelling novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the fate of the three farmers is chronicled, two contemporary stories unfold. The young narrator becomes obsessed with the photo, while Peter Mays, a computer writer in Boston, discovers he has a personal link with it. The three stories connect in a surprising way and offer the reader a glimpse into a mystery that spans a century of brutality and progress.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePowers, Richard:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eRichard Powers\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of thirteen novels. His most recent, \u003cem\u003eThe Overstory\u003c\/em\u003e, won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. He is also the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and the National Book Award, and he has been a four-time National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. He lives in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains.","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50511439560978,"sku":"9780063140219","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0ffbf462-65cc-48c5-95f7-d2e5e59f0f14.jpg?v=1737222267","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/three-farmers-on-their-way-to-a-dance-9780063140219","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}