{"product_id":"yellow-earth-hardcover","title":"Yellow Earth - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Sayles\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eYellow Earth\u003c\/em\u003e, John Sayles introduces an epic cast of characters, weaving together narratives of competing agendas and worldviews with lyrical dexterity, insight, and wit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen rich layers of shale oil are discovered beneath the town of Yellow Earth, all hell breaks loose. Locals, oil workers, service workers, politicians, law enforcement, and get-rich-quick opportunists--along with an earnest wildlife biologist--commingle and collide as the population of the town triples overnight. Harleigh Killdeer, chairman of the tribal business council of the neighboring Three Nations reservation, entertains visions of sovereignty by the barrel and joins forces with a fast-talking entrepreneur. From casino dealers to activists and high school kids, everyone in the region is swept up in the unsparing wave of an oil boom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSayles's masterful storytelling draws an arc from the earliest exploitation of this land and its people all the way to twenty-first-century privatization schemes. Through the intertwining lives of its characters, \u003cem\u003eYellow Earth\u003c\/em\u003e lays bare how the profit motive erodes human relationships, as well as our living planet. The fate of Yellow Earth serves as a parable for our times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Sayles works as a fiction writer, screenwriter, actor and feature film director. His novel \u003cem\u003eUnion Dues \u003c\/em\u003e(1978) was nominated for the National Book Award and the National Critics' Circle Award. He has written over a hundred screenplays and was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He has directed 18 feature films, with another, \u003cem\u003eI Passed This Way\u003c\/em\u003e, currently in progress. His films \u003cem\u003eMatewan \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eLone Star\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as his previous novel \u003cem\u003eA Moment in the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e, are often used for instruction in History and American Studies courses. \u003cem\u003eYellow Earth \u003c\/em\u003eis his fifth novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 9.1 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 28, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770388742432,"sku":"9781642590210","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3df7593559dd597e9228d414137b0f21.webp?v=1780370698","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/yellow-earth-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}