{"product_id":"9781101565612","title":"Oral History","description":"\"The best novel so far by a writer whose growth has been steady and sure . . . . [Oral History] tells the story of the Cantrell family and the odd curse that its members believe to have hung over them. It is a tale that begins in the late 19th century with Granny Younger, the midwife, and continues well into the 20th century through several generations of Cantrells; it is also a tale deeply rooted in the folk culture of the Appalachians, a tale that in the best tradition of folklore contains 'story upon story.'\" -- The Washington Post Book World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A novel as dark, winding, complicated as the hill country itself. . . You could make comparisons to Faulkner and Carson McCullers, to The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, and Wuthering Heights. You could employ all those familiar ringing terms of praise: 'rare,' 'brilliant,' 'unforgettable.' But Lee Smith and Oral History make you wish all those phrases were fresh and new, that all those comparisons had never before been made. For this is a novel deserving of unique praise.\" -- The Village Voice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Deft and assured . . . She is clearly drunk on the language of Appalachia, on its stories and its people . . . . She is nothing less than masterly.\" -- The New York Times Book Review","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47106501935344,"sku":"9781101565612","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101565612_p0.jpg?v=1763688365","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101565612","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}