{"product_id":"a-tree-or-a-person-matt-bell-9781616955236","title":"A Tree or a Person or a Wall: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eHere we have Matt Bell at his most inventive and uncanny: parents and children, murderers and monsters, wild renditions of the past, and stunning visions of the present, all of which build to a virtuoso reimagining of our world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA 19th-century minister builds an elaborate motor that will bring about the Second Coming. A man with rough hands locks a boy in a room with an albino ape. An apocalyptic army falls under a veil of forgetfulness. The story of Red Riding Hood is run through a potentially endless series of iterations. A father invents an elaborate, consuming game for his hospitalized son. Indexes, maps, a checkered shirt buried beneath a blanket of snow: they are scattered through these pages as clues to mysteries that may never be solved, lingering evidence of the violence and unknowability of the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Tree or a Person or a Wall\u003c\/i\u003e brings together Bell's previously published shorter fiction--the story collection \u003ci\u003eHow They Were Found\u003c\/i\u003e and the acclaimed novella \u003ci\u003eCataclysm Baby\u003c\/i\u003e--along with seven dark and disturbing new stories, to create a collection of singular power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matt Bell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1616955236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781616955236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soho Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/13\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.50w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/11\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2016 pg. 89\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2016 pg. 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/13\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMatt Bell is the author most recently of the novels \u003ci\u003eScrapper\u003c\/i\u003e (a Michigan Notable Book) and \u003ci\u003eIn the House upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e (a finalist for the Young Lions Fiction Award and an Indies Choice Adult Debut Book of the Year Honor Recipient, as well as the winner of the Paula Anderson Book Award). His stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eBest American Mystery Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConjunctions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFairy Tale Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGulf Coast\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other publications. A native of Michigan, he now teaches creative writing at Arizona State University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Matt Bell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046434009343,"sku":"9781616955236","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_313056be-d26e-4fbc-bbde-790b3dfb4582.jpg?v=1684984542","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-tree-or-a-person-matt-bell-9781616955236","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}