{"product_id":"gryphon-paperback-by-charles-baxter","title":"Gryphon Paperback by Charles Baxter","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eVintage\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2012-02-14)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e416\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780307739520\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e323.76\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e20.29 x 13.31 x 2.34\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book from the winner of the PEN\/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story and “one of our most gifted writers” (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy turns compassionate, gently humorous, and haunting, this collection—sixteen classics with seven new stories—proves William Maxwell’s assertion that “nobody can touch Charles Baxter in the field that he has carved out for himself.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether friends or strangers, the characters in these stories share a desire—sometimes muted and sometimes fierce—to break through the fragile glass of convention. In the title story, a substitute teacher walks into a new classroom, draws an outsized tree on the blackboard on a whim, and rewards her students by reading their fortunes using a Tarot deck. In each of the stories we see the delicate tension between what we want to believe and what we need to believe.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"A warmly disposed yet unsentimental chronicler of American lives ... Some [stories are] poignant and disturbing, and all of them highly readable.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eCharles Baxter is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Feast of Love\u003c\/i\u003e (nominated for the National Book Award), \u003ci\u003eThe Soul Thief\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSaul and Patsy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShadow Play\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFirst Light\u003c\/i\u003e, and the collections \u003ci\u003eBelievers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Relative Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThrough the Safety Net\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHarmony of the World\u003c\/i\u003e. He has won the PEN\/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story. Baxter lives in Minneapolis and teaches at the University of Minnesota and in the M.F.A. Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46552733614241,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780307739520","price":24.69,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780307739520.jpg?v=1781714448","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/gryphon-paperback-by-charles-baxter","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}