{"product_id":"the-names-of-things-john-colman-wood-9781618220059","title":"The Names of Things","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChautauqua Prize Finalist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe anthropologist's wife, an artist, didn't want to follow her husband to the remote desert of northeast Africa to live with camel-herding nomads. But wanting to be with him, she endured the trip, only to fall desperately ill years later with a disease that leaves her husband with more questions than answers. When the anthropologist discovers a deception that shatters his grief and guilt, he begins to reevaluate his love for his wife as well as his friendship with one of the nomads he studied.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe returns to Africa to make sense of what happened, traveling into the far reaches of the Chalbi Desert, where he must sift through the layers of his memories and reconcile them with what he now knows. Set in a windswept wilderness menaced by hyenas and lions, \u003cem\u003e The Names of Things\u003c\/em\u003e weaves together the stories of an anthropologist's journey into the desert, his firsthand accounts of the nomads' death rituals, and his struggle to find the names of things for which no words exist. Anthropologist John Colman Wood's debut novel is an exquisite, haunting exploration of the meaning of love and the rituals of grief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Colman Wood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1618220055\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781618220059\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ashland Creek Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.62d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Chautauqua Prize - Finalist","brand":"John Colman Wood","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939251978495,"sku":"9781618220059","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0295633b-3007-4688-9162-a5f8c9826b5c.jpg?v=1681440399","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-names-of-things-john-colman-wood-9781618220059","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}