{"product_id":"2940169923339","title":"The Winter Father: Collected Short Stories and Novellas, Volume 2","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile the title novella of Dubus' \"Finding a Girl in America\" returns to the somewhat off-the-rails literary life of Hank Allison, the collection's opening story strikes a much darker tone: \"Killings\" amp;mdash; the basis of the Academy Award-nominated film \u003ci\u003eIn the Bedroom\u003c\/i\u003e amp;mdash; is a swift tale of revenge that leaves listeners wondering what they might do in the name of family love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDubus' prowess with narrative compression is on full display in the story \"Waiting\": the hollow ache experienced by a woman widowed by the Korean War took Dubus 14 months to write and was more than 100 pages in early manuscript form but spans a mere seven pages in published form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Russo's introduction to this volume grapples with his complex feelings on reading Dubus' work over many decades, but when it comes to the much-anthologized masterpiece \"A Father's Story\", Russo writes: \"I won't mince words. It's one of the finest stories ever penned by an American.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47114817175792,"sku":"2940169923339","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169923339_p0.jpg?v=1769903121","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169923339","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}