{"product_id":"watch-with-me-wendell-berry-9781619028319","title":"Watch with Me: And Six Other Stories of the Yet-Remembered Ptolemy Proudfoot and His Wife, Miss Minnie, N馥 Quinch","description":"This volume of six linked stories and the novella from which the book derives its title is set in Port William from 1908 to the Second World War. Here Wendell Berry introduces two of his more indelible and poignant characters, Ptolemy Proudfoot and his wife Miss Minnie, remarkable for the comic and affectionate range that--with the mastery of this consummate storyteller working at the height of his powers--here approaches the Shakespearean. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTol Proudfoot is huge, outsized, in the tradition of the mythic. The three-hundred-pound farmer, personally imposing and unkempt, is also the most graceful of presences, reserved and gallant toward his tiny wife, the ninety-pound schoolteacher. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheir contrasts are humorous, of course, and recall the tall tales of rural Americana. In the novella \u003ci\u003eWatch with Me\u003c\/i\u003e, we are given a story of such depth, breadth, and importance it earns being listed as one of the most important short stories written in the American language during the twentieth century. \u003cbr\u003e\"Wendell Berry writes with a good husbandman's care and economy . . . His stories are filled with gentle humor.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Berry is the master of earthy country living seen through the eyes of laconic farmers . . . He makes his stories shine with meaning and warmth.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A small treasure of a book . . . part of a long line that descends from Chaucer to Katherine Mansfield to William Trevor.\" --\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wendell Berry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 161902831X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781619028319\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/09\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\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 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Wendell Berry","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44042992222463,"sku":"9781619028319","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7acd3dab-440d-450c-bf2c-ba00c6d23efd.jpg?v=1684964674","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/watch-with-me-wendell-berry-9781619028319","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}