{"product_id":"legend-of-a-suicide-9780061875847","title":"Legend of a Suicide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The reportorial relentlessness of  David] Vann's imagination often makes his fiction seem less written than chiseled. A small, lovely book has been written out of his large and evident pain.\"--\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In \u003cem\u003eLegend of a Suicide\u003c\/em\u003e, his heartbreaking semi-autobiographical debut story-collection, David Vann relates the story of a young man trying to come to terms with the guilt and pain of his father's suicide. The wild outback of the author's native Alaska acts as the ideal backdrop for this collage of six stories--a novella and five shorts--and mirrors the author's own psychological wilderness. From \"an important new voice in American literature\" (\u003cem\u003eRobert Olen Butler\u003c\/em\u003e, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eA Good Scent from a Strange Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e) comes an unforgettable exploration of the tragic gaps between one boy and his father.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061875847\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.04h x 5.28w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/11\/2010 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"David Vann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42924794413237,"sku":"9780061875847","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_10adeb8f-d057-479b-b81d-1004f76eb5db.jpg?v=1687838402","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/legend-of-a-suicide-9780061875847","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}