{"product_id":"state-of-grace-9780679726197","title":"State of Grace","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BOOK AWARD NOMINEE - This \u003cb\u003e\"beautifully crafted\" (\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review), \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ehaunting, profoundly disquieting novel manages to be at once sparse and lush, to combine Biblical simplicity with Gothic intensity and strangeness. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eIt is the story of Kate, despised by her mother, bound to her father by ties stronger and darker than blood. It is the story of her attempted escapes--in detached sexual encounters, at a Southern college populated by spoiled and perverse beauties, and in a doomed marriage to a man who cannot understand what she is running from. Witty, erotic, searing acute, \u003ci\u003eState of Grace\u003c\/i\u003e bears the inimitable stamp of one of our finest and most provocative writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joy Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/19\/1990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.52h x 5.54w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679726197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJOY WILLIAMS\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four novels--the most recent, \u003ci\u003eThe Quick and the Dead, \u003c\/i\u003e was a runner-up for the Pulitzer Prize in 2001--and three other collections of stories, as well as \u003ci\u003eIll Nature, \u003c\/i\u003e a book of essays that was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Among her many honors are the Rea Award for the Short Story and the Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She was elected to the Academy in 2008. She lives in Tucson, Arizona, and Laramie, Wyoming.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43158522691699,"sku":"9.78068E+12","price":22.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_e5dba5a4-6e45-40d4-83a1-71367907d8e1.jpg?v=1751023901","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/state-of-grace-9780679726197","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}