{"product_id":"the-quarry-stories-paperback","title":"The Quarry: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHarvey Grossinger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of this collection of five short stories and the title novella is the powerful interconnection between parents and children, nostalgia and memory, and the collective emotional intimacies and transactions that configure human behavior. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncisive and witty meditations on the disruptions and difficulties of family life, the stories in \u003ci\u003eThe Quarry\u003c\/i\u003e focus on the precariously balanced world of anxious and awkward sons and painfully failed or failing fathers. The title novella sifts through the irreparable moral and psychological confusion brought about by the Holocaust, following two families as they struggle to reconcile themselves to personal disorder and private grief--with no illusory platitudes about the redemptive power of suffering. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith unerring compassion for conveying emotional revelations and a keen sensitivity to the frailty and malleability of the human spirit, \u003ci\u003eThe Quarry\u003c\/i\u003e lures the reader into confronting the most hidden and disquieting parts of the buried self.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarvey Grossinger lectures on literature at American University and in the honors program at the University of Maryland. His short stories have been published in the \"Chicago Tribune,\" \"New England Review,\" \"Western Humanities Review,\" \"Mid-American Review,\" \"Ascent,\" and \"Antietam Review.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42722462990399,"sku":"9780820344423","price":36.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ee9d7a9667525b1a0c3618f8eedf31af.webp?v=1765095847","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-quarry-stories-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}