{"product_id":"the-red-convertible-selected-and-new-stories-1978-2008-9780061720253","title":"The Red Convertible: Selected and New Stories, 1978-2008","description":"\u003cp\u003eA stunning collection of short stories by Louise Erdrich, author of the National Book Award-winning \u003cem\u003eThe Round House\u003c\/em\u003e. Selected by the author herself from over three decades of work, \u003cem\u003eThe Red Convertible\u003c\/em\u003e is a veritable masterclass in the art of short fiction. In \"Saint Marie,\" a Native American girl leaves her reservation to enter the Sacred Heart Convent and is propelled into a life-and-death struggle with the diabolical Sister Leopolda. \"Knives\" features a homely butcher's assistant, a devoted reader of love stories, who falls for a good-looking but predatory traveling salesman with devastating consequences for each of them. A passion for music in \"Naked Woman Playing Chopin\" proves more powerful than any experience of carnal or spiritual love; indeed, when Agnes DeWitt removes her clothing to enter the music of a particular composer, she sweeps all before her and transcends mortality and time itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collection of breathtaking power and originality, \u003cem\u003eThe Red Convertible\u003c\/em\u003e cements Louise Erdich's position in the pantheon of consummate, innovative writers of the American short story alongside such luminaries as Flannery O'Connor and Charles Baxter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Large Print\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061720253\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 832\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 6.10w x 2.19d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Louise Erdrich","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51990805446837,"sku":"9780061720253","price":23.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_23044cb9-c7b1-4bd9-9ecf-ffe579156051.jpg?v=1762837816","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-red-convertible-selected-and-new-stories-1978-2008-9780061720253","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}