{"product_id":"garden-primitives-9781566891004","title":"Garden Primitives","description":"These stories open puzzle boxes of intensity; some shut after just a glimpse; in others you can hear the screaming as you turn the page. Sosin's stories always deliver the memorable image, always attempt to decode desire. They pull the rug out from under your expectations, whether it's a notion of what a story should be or a sudden shift in perspective that blasts the landscape wide open.-Patricia Weaver Francisco\u003cp\u003eThe stories in \u003ci\u003eGarden Primitives\u003c\/i\u003e range from still to explosive, the language from poetic and sensual to coarse. What is common among them is a passionate allegiance to both the heart and the intellect. Sosin's characters are at once base and complex as we see the continuous motion of their inner lives, mingle and withdraw from the external world. Revealed are tangles of perception and rationalization, driven by desire and fear. \u003ci\u003eGarden Primitives\u003c\/i\u003e is interested in questions, in pain and pleasure, in beauty and sharp edges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cinematic eye of Sosin's roving narrators leads us through the snowy and suburban decay of a family on a perfect winter night; into the narrow but honest mind of a farmer being bowled over by urban sprawl; on the beach, where a woman's life becomes hyper-focused on the survival of a turtle nest; around a campfire on a north woods vacation where the gaps between parents and children, friends and lovers widen; and through gardens both vegetable and glassed where the language is as fertile as what grows there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGarden Primitives\u003c\/i\u003e is a debut to a voice and vision concerned with the Eden in and around us, and with our clumsiness and grace in the face of the unknown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDanielle Sosin\u003c\/b\u003e received a Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship in 1999. One of her short stories, \u003ci\u003eWhat Mark Couldn't See, \u003c\/i\u003e was read on National Public Radio's Selected Shorts. \u003ci\u003eGarden Primitives\u003c\/i\u003e is her first book-length publication. She lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coffee House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781566891004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.48h x 5.22w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2000 pg. 201\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2000 pg. 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/20\/2000 pg. 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/14\/2000 pg. 35\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Danielle Sosin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42896156885173,"sku":"9781566891004","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5d6d11ae-e23d-48f7-9395-ea6ff26cda0b.jpg?v=1686100687","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/garden-primitives-9781566891004","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}