{"product_id":"9781555846367","title":"Woodcuts of Women","description":"\u003cb\u003eThese ten stories of “intensity and bravado” by the acclaimed Chicano author explore love, lust, and longing among people struggling to find their way (Jean Thompson, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Featuring characters of Mexican American heritage, each of these haunting stories is crafted with Gilb’s quintessentially spare yet evocative language and explores the lives of men and women at odds with each other. Steeped in an ethos of regimented gender roles, the men in these stories see the women in their lives as little more than woodcuts\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003ecrude variations of their actual complexity; symbols of seduction, mystery, and power that will ultimately bring about their undoing.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e At turns powerful and resonant, hopeful and humorous, \u003ci\u003eWoodcuts of Women\u003c\/i\u003e is a tour de force by one of America’s foremost Latino writers.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Lonely, tough stories—stories that force us to confront what’s difficult in us, and in the people we love.” —\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “The gritty passions of men for women—the grand delusions and tender mercies—are the jukebox songs playing through the 10 stories of Gilb’s ‘Woodcuts of Women.’” —\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132475195632,"sku":"9781555846367","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555846367_p0.jpg?v=1769899057","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555846367","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}