{"product_id":"9781439129302","title":"Out of the Woods: Stories","description":"From the critically acclaimed author of the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Good Brother\u003c\/i\u003e and memoir \u003ci\u003eMy Father the Pornographer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOut of the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e is Chris Offutt’s fiercely original short story collection \u003ci\u003ethe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e calls “a magical book”.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArriving seven years after Offutt’s debut collection \u003ci\u003eKentucky Straight\u003c\/i\u003e, Out of the Woods returns a masterly writer to the form which garnered him not only critical praise but many prestigious awards. Offutt, who “draws landscape and constructs dialogue with the eyes and ears of a native son” \u003ci\u003e(The Miami Herald),\u003c\/i\u003e is on strong home turf here, capturing those who have left the Kentucky hills and long to return. These nine stories of gravediggers and drifters, gamblers and truck drivers a long way from home, are tales so full of hard edges they can't help but tell some hard truths.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154700550384,"sku":"9781439129302","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781439129302_p0.jpg?v=1763758617","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781439129302","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}