{"product_id":"the-wasp-eater-paperback","title":"The Wasp Eater - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Lychack\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Wasp Eater has an uncanny precision about love and forgiveness . . . It is one of the best narratives I have ever read about those who are unforgiven, and the effect of this refusal on a child.\" -- Charles Baxter \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Deeply felt and wholly original, William Lychack's heart-rending debut charts a ten-year-old boy's quest to reunite his estranged parents. After learning of her husband's infidelity, Daniel's mother throws the man and his things out of the house. Stubborn and impulsive, Daniel's father is forbidden to visit, but he returns frequently to his son's window at night, furtively offering money, apologies, advice, and hope. Caught between his mother's pain and his father's guilt, Daniel attempts an extraordinary act in a desperate bid to repair his family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGraceful and magnetic, this impressive first novel insightfully charts the raw emotional undercurrents of a broken family through characters whose human foibles are artfully drawn. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This spare, meticulous novel opens out like a poem, its deceptively casual images bearing a universe of weight.\" -- New York Times Book Review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Poignant . . . Lychack finds new ways to describe feelings too achingly familiar to anyone whose parents ever delivered similar news.\" -- San Diego Union-Tribune \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The simplicity and clarity of Lychack's writing are effective in their precise portrayal of a child's mind . . . vivid.\" -- People \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilliam Lychack's stories have appeared in The Best American Short Stories, Ploughshares, Triquarterly, and on public radio's This American Life. The Wasp Eater is his first book.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42723538993215,"sku":"9780618618903","price":19.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/0c7356358611bbe3339074ba89d42f7a.webp?v=1765099489","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-wasp-eater-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}