{"product_id":"the-quarry-harvey-grossinger-9780820344423","title":"The Quarry: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of this collection of five short stories and the title novella is the powerful interconnection between parents and children, nostalgia and memory, and the collective emotional intimacies and transactions that configure human behavior. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncisive and witty meditations on the disruptions and difficulties of family life, the stories in \u003ci\u003eThe Quarry\u003c\/i\u003e focus on the precariously balanced world of anxious and awkward sons and painfully failed or failing fathers. The title novella sifts through the irreparable moral and psychological confusion brought about by the Holocaust, following two families as they struggle to reconcile themselves to personal disorder and private grief--with no illusory platitudes about the redemptive power of suffering. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith unerring compassion for conveying emotional revelations and a keen sensitivity to the frailty and malleability of the human spirit, \u003ci\u003eThe Quarry\u003c\/i\u003e lures the reader into confronting the most hidden and disquieting parts of the buried self.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvey Grossinger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820344427\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820344423\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 10\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.70d","brand":"Harvey Grossinger","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120344068351,"sku":"9780820344423","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d4b0dc37-d3e0-451e-928b-748fcfdcab31.jpg?v=1687413816","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-quarry-harvey-grossinger-9780820344423","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}