{"product_id":"a-death-in-the-country-stephen-vincent-benet-9780692558843","title":"A Death in the Country, and Other Tales of Our Time","description":"Among Benét's most beautiful and moving works are these eight deceptively simple short stories that he assembled as \u003ci\u003eTales of Our Time.\u003c\/i\u003e Each tale uses a seemingly commonplace situation-a class reunion, a funeral, teenagers falling in love in the summer, a family embarrassed by a father's crude joke, a marriage quietly failing under cover of social courtesies-to expose the fraught and complex dimensions of the characters' relationship to society and themselves. \u003cp\u003e The picture of America that these stories paint is full of wit and humor, but also sorrow and tragic awareness. They are a reminder to today's reader of how much of our \"modern\" experience is really universal, and how even those people and societies most changed by the course of progress remain at heart the same people, for better and worse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Vincent Benet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0692558845\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780692558843\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hythloday Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.37d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stephen Vincent Benet","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48013778092287,"sku":"9780692558843","price":9.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_db13a919-1120-4197-8dcb-7afebc47f0e4.jpg?v=1767744710","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-death-in-the-country-stephen-vincent-benet-9780692558843","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}