{"product_id":"in-another-country-selected-stories-hardcover","title":"In Another Country: Selected Stories - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Constantine\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed to \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews'\u003c\/i\u003e Best Story Collections of 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeaturing the story adapted into the Academy Award nominated film, 45 YEARS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI started reading these stories quietly, and then became obsessed, read them all fast, and started re-reading them again and again. They are gripping tales, but what is startling is the quality of the writing. Every sentence is both unpredictable and exactly what it should be.--A.S. Byatt, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first American publication by one of the greatest living fiction masters, \u003ci\u003eIn Another Country\u003c\/i\u003e spans David Constantine's remarkable thirty-year career. Known for their pristine emotional clarity, their spare but intensely evocative dialogue, and their fearless exposures of the heart in moments of defiance, change, resistance, flight, isolation, and redemption, these stories demonstrate again and again Constantine's timeless and enduring appeal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Constantine\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning short story writer, poet, and translator. His collections of poetry include \u003ci\u003eThe Pelt of Wasps\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSomething for the Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e (shortlisted for the Whitbread Poetry Prize), \u003ci\u003eNine Fathom Deep\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eElder\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of one novel, \u003ci\u003eDavies\u003c\/i\u003e, and has published four collections of short stories in the United Kingdom, including the winner of the 2013 Frank O'Connor Award, \u003ci\u003eTea at the Midland and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Oxford, where, until 2012, he edited \u003ci\u003eModern Poetry in Translation\u003c\/i\u003e with his wife Helen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Constantine is an award-winning short story writer, poet and translator. His collections of poetry include \u003ci\u003eMadder, Watching for Dolphins, Caspar Hauser, The Pelt of Wasps, Something for the Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e (shortlisted for the Whitbread Poetry Prize), \u003ci\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNine Fathom Deep\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a translator of Hölderlin, Brecht, Goethe, Kleist, Michaux and Jaccottet. In 2003 his translation of Hans Magnus Enzensberger's \u003ci\u003eLighter than Air\u003c\/i\u003e won the Corneliu M Popescu Prize for European Poetry Translation. He is also author of one novel, \u003ci\u003eDavies\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eFields of Fire: A Life of Sir William Hamilton\u003c\/i\u003e. He has published four collections of short stories in the UK, including \u003ci\u003eBack at the Spike\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUnder the Dam\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Shieling\u003c\/i\u003e and the winner of the 2013 Frank O'Connor Award, \u003ci\u003eTea at the Midland and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Oxford, where until 2012 he edited \u003ci\u003eModern Poetry in Translation\u003c\/i\u003e with his wife Helen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.6 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 16, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770205143328,"sku":"9781771960175","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/79c8e6b8c5e5803e10db835db9a0ec9f.webp?v=1780366943","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/in-another-country-selected-stories-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}