{"product_id":"9781455529612","title":"The Language of Elk: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Benjamin Percy is a force.\" -Anthony Doerr,\u003ci\u003e All the Light We Cannot See\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  RED MOON author Benjamin Percy's widely praised debut story collection, originally published by a university press, is now available for the first time as an ebook.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis debut collection of stories, \u003cem\u003eThe Language of\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e Elk\u003c\/em\u003e, by the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eRed Moon\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eassembles its cast from the mountain towns and low life taverns and high desert ranches of Oregon--a state that in isolated pockets remains a still-unfinished place, the frontier.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere nature exists as a source of wonder and a force to be conquered. Here myths haunt the moss-laden woods and Benjamin Percy shines his light on them, revealing bearded ladies and Bigfoot and marijuana colonies and elk hunting ranches and haunted Indian burial sites, the underside of contemporary western America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a salty mystical voice that partners the landscape and a vision as wild as his characters, Percy explores a world of surprising violence and gentleness, hilarity and heartbreak, loveliness and ugliness, and in doing so emerges as a beautifully raw voice of the West.","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47155130499312,"sku":"9781455529612","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781455529612_p0.jpg?v=1769909059","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781455529612","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}