{"product_id":"9781555846770","title":"Lost Nation: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003e The acclaimed author’s “mesmerizing tale” of a young man and woman who struggle to survive in the remote, disputed territory of 19th-century New Hampshire (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith an oxcart full of rum, a man known as Blood travels through the wild country of New England toward an ungoverned territory called the Indian Stream—a land where the luckless or outlawed can make a fresh start. Blood is a man of contradictions, of learning and wisdom, but also a man with a secret past that has scorched his soul. Intending to establish himself as a prosperous trader, he brings with him Sally, a sixteen-year-old girl he won from her mother in a game of cards.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlood and Sally’s arrival in the Indian Stream triggers an escalating series of clashes that soon destroy the master\/servant bond between them, offering both a second chance with life. But as the conflicts within the community attract the attention of outside authorities, Blood becomes a target for those in need of a scapegoat, forcing him to confront dreaded apparitions from his past, while Sally is offered a final escape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In intensely charged prose very reminiscent of Faulkner’s,” \u003ci\u003eLost Nation\u003c\/i\u003e delves beneath the bright, promising veneer of early-nineteenth-century New England to reveal a startling, violent parable of individualism and nationhood (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A rousing tale that will surely please the readers of his first, bestselling novel, \u003ci\u003eIn the Fall\u003c\/i\u003e.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Jeffrey Lent has quietly created some of the finest novels of our new century.” —Ron Rash\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Sentence by sentence rural New England comes alive, and Lent’s language draws you in like a clear stream in summer.” —Tim Gautreaux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132617769200,"sku":"9781555846770","price":11.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555846770_p0.jpg?v=1763755990","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555846770","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}