{"product_id":"9780440302940","title":"The American Short Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exciting perspective on outstanding American writing in two media—print and film\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stories collected here were chosen for adaptation and inclusion in a series of films sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities, bringing together the works of America's master writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Parker Adderson, Philosopher\" by Ambrose Bierce\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA wry, wisecracking Civil War spy is awaiting execution, but his last interrogation by a Confederate general leads to events neither could foresee. Ambrose Bierce uses his favorite device of \"reversal of character\" to create this natural vehicle for a haunting film about physical and spiritual violence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Berenice Bobs Her Hair\" by F. Scott Fitzgerald\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdvice on how to become popular with young men backfires for two young women in a story written in the Jazz Age, but is immediately familiar as a right-on-target study of modern flirting, dating, and relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Almos' a Man\" by Richard Wright\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen David, a black farm laborer of seventeen, is ridiculed because he wants to be treated like a man, he decides that owning a gun will gain him the respect he seeks in this deeply moving story by one of America's greatest writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd six more superb stories by Sherwood Anderson, Stephen Crane, Ernest Hemingway, Henry James, Flannery O'Connor, and John Updike, presented with their award-winning film adaptations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47012659200240,"sku":"9780440302940","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780440302940_p0.jpg?v=1763702021","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780440302940","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}