{"product_id":"a-singular-family-rosacoke-and-her-kin-9780684851884","title":"A Singular Family: Rosacoke and Her Kin","description":"FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE ENTIRE MUSTIAN CYCLE IN ONE VOLUME, WITH A PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR \u003cbr\u003e Rosacoke Mustian initially \"stood up, live from her first paragraph\" in one of Reynolds Price's earliest short stories, \"A Chain of Love,\" and Price made the beginning of her life with Wesley Beavers the subject of his dazzling first novel, \u003ci\u003eA Long and Happy Life.\u003c\/i\u003e Eventually, Price spent two more novels, \u003ci\u003eA Generous Man\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGood Hearts, \u003c\/i\u003e with this single family, telling a story of devotion and endurance that is now the hallmark of one of the most illustrious careers in American letters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Reynolds Price\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.30w x 1.39d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780684851884\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReynolds Price (1933-2011) was born in Macon, North Carolina. Educated at Duke University and, as a Rhodes Scholar, at Merton College, Oxford University, he taught at Duke beginning in 1958 and was the James B. Duke Professor of English at the time of his death. His first short stories, and many later ones, are published in his \u003ci\u003eCollected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eA Long and Happy Life\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 1962 and won the William Faulkner Award for a best first novel. \u003ci\u003eKate Vaiden\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 1986 and won the National Book Critics Circle Award. \u003ci\u003eThe Good Priest's Son\u003c\/i\u003e in 2005 was his fourteenth novel. Among his thirty-seven volumes are further collections of fiction, poetry, plays, essays, and translations. Price is a member of both the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and his work has been translated into seventeen languages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43197235003507,"sku":"9.78068E+12","price":47.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_bf1b7958-fd95-4d9f-9129-72b9cb7b02e2.jpg?v=1752663513","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/a-singular-family-rosacoke-and-her-kin-9780684851884","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}