{"product_id":"the-long-dry-9781566894654","title":"The Long Dry","description":"\u003cp\u003ePraise for Cynan Jones: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\" A] piercing novella . . . Like Cormac McCarthy, Jones can make the everyday sound fraught and biblical.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jones' prose clips along at an unnerving pace, barely giving you time to process the previous beautiful image, before knocking you dead with the next one.\"--Green Apple Books, Our Favorite Books of 2015\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book will collapse you into its single point of infinite heaviness, and you'll love it.\"--Elliott Bay Book Company\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a long, hot day, Gareth searches for a missing pregnant cow. A dog must be put down, there are ducks to go in the pond, there are children, and there is Kate, his wife, who may be an uncrossable distance from him. Jones's rural Wales is alive with the necessities of our own animal instincts and most human longing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCynan Jones\u003c\/b\u003e was born near Aberaeron on the west coast of Wales in 1975. He is the author of five short novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Long Dry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEverything I Found on the Beach\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBird, Blood, Snow\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Dig\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Cove\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has been translated into several languages, and short stories have appeared in a number of anthologies and publications including \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\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\/04\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781566894654\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 4.90w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/13\/2017\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Cynan Jones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42077478584501,"sku":"9781566894654","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8ea92790-4e7f-4576-b6c6-83137fab9aa1.jpg?v=1650956214","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-long-dry-9781566894654","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}