{"product_id":"recapture-paperback","title":"Recapture - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eErica Olsen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e Best Short Story Collection of the Year \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnsentimental stories that tell us what the American West looks like now and what we've lost. --\u003ci\u003eLIBRARY JOURNAL\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Utah Canyons WildMall gives tourists exactly what they want. An archivist preserves a rare map of a vanished Lake Tahoe. The Grand Canyon can only be visited in replica form. These stories--lyrical, deadpan, surreal--blur the line between the natural world and the world we make. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eERICA OLSEN\u003c\/b\u003e lives in the Four Corners area, where she does archives and curation work for archaeology museums. A graduate of Stanford, Harvard, and the University of Montana MFA program, she has also been a Djerassi Fiction Fellow at the University of Wisconsin. Her short fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eZYZZYVA\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHigh Desert Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications, and her nonfiction pieces in magazines including \u003ci\u003eFine Books \u0026amp; Collections\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHigh Country News\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has received awards including the 2011 Barthelme Prize for Short Prose (for \"Grand Canyon II,\" included in \u003ci\u003eRecapture\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe stories in \u003ci\u003eRecapture\u003c\/i\u003e take us to an American West that is both strange and familiar. The Grand Canyon can only be visited in replica form. An archivist preserves a rare map of a vanished Lake Tahoe. A Utah cliff dwelling survives as an aging roadside attraction in California. By turns lyrical, deadpan, and surreal, Erica Olsen's stories bring us the natural world and the world we make, the artifacts we keep and the memories and desires that shape our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eErica Olsen lives in Dolores, Colorado near the Four Corners area, where she does archives and curation work for archaeology museums. Her stories and essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eZYZZYVA, High Country News, High Desert Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and other magazines. A graduate of Stanford, Harvard, and the University of Montana MFA program, she has also been a Djerassi Fiction Fellow at the University of Wisconsin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 165\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 6.89 x 4.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 16, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769901547808,"sku":"9781937226053","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5766f32a47c2bb96356c13d5a79b54fd.webp?v=1780359332","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/recapture-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}