{"product_id":"cloudsplitter-russell-banks-9780060930868","title":"Cloudsplitter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Deeply affecting. . . . Like the best novels of Nadine Gordimer, it makes us appreciate the dynamic between the personal and the political, the public and the private, and the costs and causes of radical belief.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e-- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA triumph of the imagination and a masterpiece of modern storytelling, \u003cem\u003eCloudsplitter\u003c\/em\u003e is narrated by the enigmatic Owen Brown, last surviving son of America's most famous and still controversial political terrorist and martyr, John Brown. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeeply researched, brilliantly plotted, and peopled with a cast of unforgettable characters both historical and wholly invented, \u003cem\u003eCloudsplitter\u003c\/em\u003e is dazzling in its re-creation of the political and social landscape of our history during the years before the Civil War, when slavery was tearing the country apart. But within this broader scope, Russell Banks has given us a riveting, suspenseful, heartbreaking narrative filled with intimate scenes of domestic life, of violence and action in battle, of romance and familial life and death that make the reader feel in astonishing ways what it is like to be alive in that time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Russell Banks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0060930861\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060930868\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/27\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 768\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.03h x 5.37w x 1.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e42957 \/ Cloudsplitter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e PEN\/Faulkner Award - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/07\/1999 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/06\/1999 pg. 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/1998 pg. 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2000 pg. 1078\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2000 pg. 1442\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/17\/2008 pg. 14","brand":"Russell Banks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045983383807,"sku":"9780060930868","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d1f41aa1-3e16-45e0-acee-cac1f82cc3bd.jpg?v=1684981933","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cloudsplitter-russell-banks-9780060930868","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}