{"product_id":"there-are-little-kingdoms-9781555976521","title":"There Are Little Kingdoms","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eCity of Bohane\u003c\/i\u003e, a debut collection that \"could easily have been titled 'These Are Little Masterpieces'\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Irish Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis award-winning story collection by Kevin Barry summons all the laughter, darkness, and intensity of contemporary Irish life. A pair of fast girls court trouble as they cool their heels on a slow night in a small town. Lonesome hill walkers take to the high reaches in pursuit of a saving embrace. A bewildered man steps off a country bus in search of his identity--and a stiff drink. These stories, filled with a grand sense of life's absurdity, form a remarkably sure-footed collection that reads like a modern-day \u003ci\u003eDubliners\u003c\/i\u003e. The winner of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature and a 2007 book of the year in \u003ci\u003eThe Irish Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eSunday Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMetro\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThere Are Little Kingdoms\u003c\/i\u003e marks the stunning entrance of a writer who burst onto the literary scene fully formed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/24\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555976521\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.24h x 5.59w x 0.48d","brand":"Kevin Barry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36659644104860,"sku":"9781555976521","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_583e64c7-d5f4-4ee8-9c83-ca304dbf8a7a.jpg?v=1603895193","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/there-are-little-kingdoms-9781555976521","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}