{"product_id":"great-american-desert-stories-paperback","title":"Great American Desert: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTerese Svoboda\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWater, its use and abuse, trickles through \u003ci\u003eGreat American Desert\u003c\/i\u003e, a story collection by Terese Svoboda that spans the misadventures of the prehistoric Clovis people to the wanderings of a forlorn couple around a pink pyramid in a sci-fi prairie. In \"Dutch Joe,\" the eponymous hero sees the future from the bottom of a well in the Sandhills, while a woman tries to drag her sister back from insanity in \"Dirty Thirties.\" In \"Bomb Jockey,\" a local Romeo disposes of leaky bombs at South Dakota's army depot, while a family quarrels in \"Ogallala Aquifer\" as a thousand trucks dump chemical waste from a munitions depot next to their land. Bugs and drugs are devoured in \"Alfalfa,\" a disc jockey talks her way out of a knifing in \"Sally Rides,\" and an updated Pied Piper begs parents to reconsider in \"The Mountain.\" The consequences of the land's mistreatment is epitomized in the final story by a discovery inside a pink pyramid. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In her arresting and inimitable style, Svoboda's delicate handling of the complex dynamics of family and self seeps into every sentence of these first-rate short stories about what we do to the world around us-and what it can do to us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecipient of a Guggenheim, Terese Svoboda is the author of seventeen books of prose, poetry, memoir, translation, and biography, including six books of fiction--most recently, \u003ci\u003eBohemian Girl.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 12, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42722540224575,"sku":"9780814255209","price":30.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/3ffba949c95b931bb0f5793923219b25.webp?v=1765096105","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/great-american-desert-stories-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}