{"product_id":"the-spirit-bird-stories-9780822963875","title":"The Spirit Bird: Stories","description":"Winner of the 2014 Drue Heinz Literature Prize \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The flight path of \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit Bird\u003c\/i\u003e traces many landscapes and different transitory lives. A young man scratches out a living from the desert; a woman follows a rarely seen bird in the far reaches of Alaska; a poor single mother sorts out her life in a fancy mountain town. Other protagonists yearn to cross a racial divide, keep developers from a local island, explore their sexuality, and mourn a lost loved one. The characters in this collection are compelled to seek beyond their own horizons, and as the stories unfold, the search becomes the expression of their desires. The elusive spirit bird is a metaphor for what we've lost, for what we hope for, and for what we don't know about ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kent Nelson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/11\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822963875\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKent Nelson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eLanguage in the Blood\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLand That Moves, Land That Stands Still\u003c\/i\u003e. His short fiction has been included in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories, The Best of the West, O. Henry, Pushcart, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Mystery Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. An avid birdwatcher, Nelson has identified 757 North American species. After the age of fifty-four, he has twice run the Pikes Peak Marathon-26.3 miles, 7,815 feet up and down. He lives in Ouray, Colorado.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pittsburgh Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40201442230387,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":22.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_600c9ecb-f08f-44a9-8d0d-86ce50ab2b3f.jpg?v=1656164982","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-spirit-bird-stories-9780822963875","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}