{"product_id":"wives-lovers-three-short-novels-9780060571832","title":"Wives \u0026 Lovers: Three Short Novels","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A first-rate collection of novellas that will break your heart and fill you with hope at the same time.\" \u003cem\u003e--Denver Rocky Mountain News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the tradition of William Faulkner and Gabriel Garcia Marquez comes \u003cem\u003eWives and Lovers\u003c\/em\u003e, from the author the \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e calls \"One of the most expert and substantial of our writers.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRequisite Kindness\u003c\/em\u003e--published here for the first time--tells the story of a man who must comes to terms with a life of treating women badly when he goes to live with his sister and dying mother. \u003cem\u003eRare and Endangered Species\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates how a wife and mother's suicide reverberates in the small community where she lives, and affects the lives of people who don't even know her. Finally, \u003cem\u003eSpirits\u003c\/em\u003e is about the pain that men and women can--and do--inflict upon each other. Three very different stories that illuminate the unadorned core of love--not the showy, more celebrated sort, but what remains when the more ephemeral emotions such as lust, jealousy, and passion have been stripped away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBausch, Richard:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eRichard Bausch is the author of nine other novels and seven volumes of short stories. His work has appeared in the \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEsquire\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGQ\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, and other publications, and has been featured in numerous best-of collections, including the O. Henry Awards' \u003cem\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eNew Stories from the South\u003c\/em\u003e. In 2004 he won the PEN\/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409404891410,"sku":"9780060571832","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4f443aeb-1b79-4a62-a373-17e455b003ca.jpg?v=1729286431","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/wives-lovers-three-short-novels-9780060571832","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}