{"product_id":"chemistry-and-other-stories-9780312425081","title":"Chemistry and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChemistry and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, A Picador Paperback Original\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the pre-eminent chronicler of this forgotten territory, stories that range over one hundred years in the troubled, violent emergence of the New South.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Ron Rash's stories, spanning the entire twentieth century in Appalachia, rural communities struggle with the arrival of a new era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree old men stalk the shadow of a giant fish no one else believes is there. A man takes up scuba diving in the town reservoir to fight off a killing depression. A grieving mother leads a surveyor into the woods to name once and for all the county where her son was murdered by thieves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the Appalachia of Ron Rash's stories, the collision of the old and new south, of antique and modern, resonate with the depth and power of ancient myths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/05\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312425081\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e PEN\/Faulkner Award - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/22\/2007 pg. 155\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2007 pg. 147\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2007 pg. 85\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2007 pg. 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMen's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2007 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ron Rash","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635877310620,"sku":"9780312425081","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9b7d6c2d-a658-49d9-8509-ec290bafb897.jpg?v=1603840770","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/chemistry-and-other-stories-9780312425081","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}