{"product_id":"9780316381178","title":"For a Little While","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2016 Story Prize\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice\u003cbr\u003e100 Recommended Books of 2016 -- \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A literary titan...Bass is, hands down, a master of the short form, creating in a few pages a natural world of mythic proportions.\" -- \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLong considered one of the most gifted practitioners of the short story, Rick Bass is unsurpassed in his ability to perceive and portray the enduring truths of the human heart. Now, at last, we have the definitive collection of stories, new and old, from the writer \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e has called \"an American classic.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo read his fiction is to feel more alive -- connected, incandescently, to \"the brief longshot of having been chosen for the human experience,\" as one of his characters puts it.These pages reveal men and women living with passion and tenderness at the outer limits of the senses, each attempting to triumph against fate. Bass provides searing insights into the complexity of family and romantic entanglements, and his lush and striking language draws us ineluctably into the lives of these engaging people and their vivid surroundings. The intricate stories collected in \u003ci\u003eFor A Little While --\u003c\/i\u003e brimming with magic and wonder, filled with hard-won empathy, marbled throughout with astonishing imagery -- have the power both to devastate and to uplift. Together they showcase an iconic American master at his peak.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown and Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47102100635888,"sku":"9780316381178","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780316381178_p0.jpg?v=1769915331","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780316381178","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}