{"product_id":"sweet-land-stories-paperback","title":"Sweet Land Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eE. L. Doctorow\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of America's premier writers, the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eRagtime, Billy Bathgate, The Book of Daniel, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWorld's Fair\u003c\/i\u003e turns his astonishing narrative powers to the short story in five dazzling explorations of who we are as a people and how we live.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ranging over the American continent from Alaska to Washington, D.C., these superb short works are crafted with all the weight and resonance of the novels for which E. L. Doctorow is famous. You will find yourself set down in a mysterious redbrick townhouse in rural Illinois (\"A House on the Plains\"), working things out with a baby-kidnapping couple in California (\"Baby Wilson\"), living on a religious-cult commune in Kansas (\"Walter John Harmon\"), and sharing the heartrending cross-country journey of a young woman navigating her way through three bad marriages to a kind of bruised but resolute independence (\"Jolene: A Life\"). And in the stunning \"Child, Dead, in the Rose Garden,\" you will witness a special agent of the FBI finding himself at a personal crossroads while investigating a grave breach of White House security. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Two of these stories have already won awards as the best fiction of the year published in American periodicals, and two have been chosen for annual best-story anthologies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Composed in a variety of moods and voices, these remarkable portrayals of the American spiritual landscape show a modern master at the height of his powers.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of America's premier writers, the bestselling author of Ragtime, Billy Bathgate, The Book of Daniel, and World's Fair turns his astonishing narrative powers to the short story in five dazzling explorations of who we are as a people and how we live. \u003cbr\u003eRanging over the American continent from Alaska to Washington, D.C., these superb short works are crafted with all the weight and resonance of the novels for which E. L. Doctorow is famous. You will find yourself set down in a mysterious redbrick townhouse in rural Illinois (\"A House on the Plains\"), working things out with a baby-kidnapping couple in California (\"Baby Wilson\"), living on a religious-cult commune in Kansas (\"Walter John Harmon\"), and sharing the heartrending cross-country journey of a young woman navigating her way through three bad marriages to a kind of bruised but resolute independence (\"Jolene: A Life\"). And in the stunning \"Child, Dead, in the Rose Garden,\" you will witness a special agent of the FBI finding himself at a personal crossroads while investigating a grave breach of White House security. \u003cbr\u003eTwo of these stories have already won awards as the best fiction of the year published in American periodicals, and two have been chosen for annual best-story anthologies. \u003cbr\u003eComposed in a variety of moods and voices, these remarkable portrayals of the American spiritual landscape show a modern master at the height of his powers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eE. L. Doctorow\u003c\/b\u003e's works of fiction include \u003ci\u003eWelcome to Hard Times, The Book of Daniel, Ragtime, Loon Lake, World's Fair, Billy Bathgate, The Waterworks, City of God, The March, Homer \u0026amp; Langley, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAndrew's Brain. \u003c\/i\u003eAmong his honors are the National Book Award, three National Book Critics Circle awards, two PEN\/Faulkner awards, and the presidentially conferred National Humanities Medal. In 2009 he was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize, honoring a writer's lifetime achievement in fiction, and in 2012 he won the PEN\/ Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction, given to an author whose \"scale of achievement over a sustained career places him in the highest rank of American literature.\" In 2013 the American Academy of Arts and Letters awarded him the Gold Medal for Fiction. In 2014 he was honored with the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 8.1 x 5.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750171967776,"sku":"9780812971774","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7e3844e8a0068cd0fd1da05b7a7076bc.webp?v=1779945020","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/sweet-land-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}