{"product_id":"the-village-on-horseback-jesse-ball-9781571314420","title":"The Village on Horseback: Prose and Verse, 2003-2008","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the author of \u003cem\u003eA Cure for Suicide \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eCensus\u003c\/em\u003e comes a philosophical recasting of myth and legend, folklore and popular culture: a fabulist's compendium of poetry and prose.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJesse Ball--long-listed for the National Book Award, a finalist for the New York Public Library's Young Lions Fiction Award, and named one of \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e's best young American novelists--is one of the most interesting, lyrical, fanciful, and \"disturbingly original\" (\u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e) writers working today. And \u003cem\u003eThe Village on Horseback \u003c\/em\u003eis one of his most dazzling and varied works. These experimental pieces--including the \u003cem\u003eParis Review\u003c\/em\u003e's Plimpton Prize-winning novella \"The Early Deaths of Lubeck, Brennan, Harp \u0026amp; Carr\"--ask the reader not to imagine the world for what it is, but for what it could be: a blank tableau on which a spirited imagination can conjure tales out of, seemingly, nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Village on Horseback\u003c\/em\u003e is an unmissable treat, a book of voyages to be taken on journeys far and wide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jesse Ball\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1571314423\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571314420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/12\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.60h x 4.70w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/09\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2011 pg. 15","brand":"Jesse Ball","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43985168597247,"sku":"9781571314420","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c5805bea-bd80-48bd-b9fd-d595d06389d3.jpg?v=1683275956","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-village-on-horseback-jesse-ball-9781571314420","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}