{"product_id":"chemistry-and-other-stories-ron-rash-9780312425081","title":"Chemistry and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChemistry and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, A Picador Paperback Original\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the pre-eminent chronicler of this forgotten territory, stories that range over one hundred years in the troubled, violent emergence of the New South.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn Ron Rash's stories, spanning the entire twentieth century in Appalachia, rural communities struggle with the arrival of a new era. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree old men stalk the shadow of a giant fish no one else believes is there. A man takes up scuba diving in the town reservoir to fight off a killing depression. A grieving mother leads a surveyor into the woods to name once and for all the county where her son was murdered by thieves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the Appalachia of Ron Rash's stories, the collision of the old and new south, of antique and modern, resonate with the depth and power of ancient myths.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ron Rash\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312425082\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312425081\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/17\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e PEN\/Faulkner Award - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/22\/2007 pg. 155\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2007 pg. 147\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2007 pg. 85\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2007 pg. 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMen's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2007 pg. 34","brand":"Ron Rash","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992935039231,"sku":"9780312425081","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9d7dc351-2bc9-4cb4-a3d9-5f801eedf538.jpg?v=1683321619","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chemistry-and-other-stories-ron-rash-9780312425081","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}