{"product_id":"we-dont-live-here-anymore-9781567926163","title":"We Don't Live Here Anymore","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Andre Dubus, one of the 20th century's most gifted short story writers.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Andre Dubus's first book of stories, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeparate Flights\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e arrived in 1975, it was immediately celebrated as the arrival of a new and important voice in American fiction. Two years later came \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdultery and Other Choices\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e and Dubus' reputation rose even higher. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoth books are now collected in \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe Don't Live Here Anymore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, the first in the three-volume \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCollected Short Stories and Novellas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e by Andre Dubus. \"The stories are about how people must make accommodations once they find out there's no winning,\" Ann Beattie writes in her introduction. While the collection's opening stories focus on the fragile nature of youth, later stories shift to darker struggles of adulthood, such as in \"Andromache\"--Dubus's first story to appear in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e--which traces the aftermath of a tragic death during wartime. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCollected Short Stories and Novellas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e by Andre Dubus includes \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe Don't Live Here Anymore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Winter Father\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cross Country Runner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e. All three contain work by an American master, perfect for anyone who loves stories of the human heart and where it can lead us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDubus, Andre:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndre Dubus\u003c\/b\u003e (1936-1999) is considered among the most talented American short stories writers of his generation. Born and raised in Louisiana, he spent his adult life living and teaching in blue-collar mill towns in northern New England.\u003cbr\u003e Dubus's short stories and essays appeared in distinguished literary journals and magazines across the country, and were selected for numerous editions of the Best American Short Stories series, as well as the O. Henry Awards and Pushcart Prize anthologies. Dubus's work earned him MacArthur and Guggenheim fellowships, the PEN\/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story, the Rea Award for the Short Story, the Jean Stein Award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and nominations for a National Book Critics Circle Award and Pulitzer Prize.\u003cbr\u003e In addition to seven collections of stories and novellas, Dubus published one novel and two collections of essays. The award-winning films \u003ci\u003eIn the Bedroom\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWe Don't Live Here Anymore\u003c\/i\u003e were adapted from his stories.\u003cbr\u003e Dubus is buried in Haverhill, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeattie, Ann:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnn Beattie\u003c\/b\u003e has been included in four O. Henry Award Collections, in John Updike's \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories of the Century\u003c\/i\u003e, in Jennifer Egan's \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories 2014\u003c\/i\u003e, and has received both the PEN\/Malamud Award for achievement in the short story and the Rea Award for the Short Story. Ms. Beattie is a member of The American Academy of Arts and Letters and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David R. Godine Publisher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50473838412050,"sku":"9781567926163","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d5345ed4-05fc-4875-9b03-96247fbbfb88.jpg?v=1730204400","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/we-dont-live-here-anymore-9781567926163","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}