{"product_id":"pricksongs-and-descants-robert-coover-9780802136671","title":"Pricksongs and Descants: Fictions","description":"Pricksongs \u0026amp; Descants, originally published in 1969, is a virtuoso performance that established its author - already a William Faulkner Award winner for his first novel - as a writer of enduring power and unquestionable brilliance, a promise he has fulfilled over a stellar career. It also began Coover's now-trademark riffs on fairy tales and bedtime stories. In these riotously word-drunk fictional romps, two children follow an old man into the woods, trailing bread crumbs behind and edging helplessly toward a sinister end that never comes; a husband walks toward the bed where his wife awaits his caresses, but by the time he arrives she's been dead three weeks and detectives are pounding down the door; a teenaged babysitter's evening becomes a kaleidoscope of dangerous erotic fantasies-her employer's, her boyfriend's, her own; an aging, humble carpenter marries a beautiful but frigid woman, and after he's waited weeks to consummate their union she announces that God has made her pregnant. Now available in a Grove paperback, Pricksongs \u0026amp; Descants is a cornerstone of Robert Coover's remarkable career and a brilliant work by a major American writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Coover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802136672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802136671\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.70d","brand":"Robert Coover","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046349795583,"sku":"9780802136671","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d36c1b29-973e-45bb-b4e6-7c9a36a209dc.jpg?v=1684984054","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pricksongs-and-descants-robert-coover-9780802136671","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}