{"product_id":"if-we-were-electric-patrick-earl-ryan-9780820358079","title":"If We Were Electric: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf We Were Electric\u003c\/i\u003e's twelve stories celebrate New Orleans in all of its beautiful peculiarities: macabre and magical, muddy and exquisite, sensual and spiritual. The stunning debut collection finds its characters in moments of desire and despair, often stuck on the verge of a great metamorphosis, but burdened by some unreasonable love. These are stories about missed opportunities, about people on the outside who don't fit in, about the consequences of not mustering enough courage to overcome the binds. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \"Feux Follet,\" an old man's grief attracts supernatural lights in the dark Louisiana swamps. An exploding transformer's raw, unnerving energy in the title story matches the strange, ferocious temper of an unlucky hustler. \"Blackout\" sets the profound numbness of a young man physically abused by his mentally unstable partner beside the meaningful beauty of an unexpected moment of joy with someone else. The teenage narrator in \"Before Las Blancas\" is so overwhelmed by his sexuality that he abandons everything and everyone he's known to live in a happy illusion . . . in Mexico. And \"Where It Takes Us\" is a poignant, understated snapshot of a gay man who accompanies his straight, HIV-positive brother to the race track to bond again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick Earl Ryan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 082035807X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820358079\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.43h x 5.60w x 0.50d","brand":"Patrick Earl Ryan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990791618815,"sku":"9780820358079","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_398fab1a-7618-43ed-84c2-39099cfb99ef.jpg?v=1683306708","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/if-we-were-electric-patrick-earl-ryan-9780820358079","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}