{"product_id":"9781771960182","title":"In Another Country: Selected Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed to \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews'\u003c\/i\u003e Best Story Collections of 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I started reading these stories quietly, and then became obsessed, read them all fast, and started re-reading them again and again. They are gripping tales, but what is startling is the quality of the writing. Every sentence is both unpredictable and exactly what it should be.\"—A.S. Byatt, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Rich and allusive and unashamedly moving.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Spellbinding.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Irish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An uneasy blend of the exquisite and the everyday . . . the beatific, the ordinary, the rebarbative even, are almost indistinguishable . . . intelligent and well-turned.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Perhaps the finest of contemporary writers in this form.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Reader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first American publication by one of the greatest living fiction masters, \u003ci\u003eIn Another Country\u003c\/i\u003e spans David Constantine's remarkable thirty-year career. Known for their pristine emotional clarity, their spare but intensely evocative dialogue, and their fearless exposures of the heart in moments of defiance, change, resistance, flight, isolation, and redemption, these stories demonstrate again and again Constantine's timeless and enduring appeal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Constantine\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning short story writer, poet, and translator. His collections of poetry include \u003ci\u003eThe Pelt of Wasps\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSomething for the Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e (shortlisted for the Whitbread Poetry Prize), \u003ci\u003eNine Fathom Deep\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eElder\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of one novel, \u003ci\u003eDavies\u003c\/i\u003e, and has published four collections of short stories in the United Kingdom, including the winner of the 2013 Frank O'Connor Award, \u003ci\u003eTea at the Midland and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Oxford, where, until 2012, he edited \u003ci\u003eModern Poetry in Translation\u003c\/i\u003e with his wife Helen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Biblioasis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47139836526832,"sku":"9781771960182","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781771960182_p0.jpg?v=1763708398","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781771960182","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}