{"product_id":"harmony-of-the-world-9780679776512","title":"Harmony of the World","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the winner of the PEN\/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story and \"one of our most gifted writers\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e)--these ten stories show make everyday experiences seem utterly unprecedented, even as Baxter reminds us, gently and with a sly comic twist, that everything they feel is only the collateral damage of being human.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether he is writing about the players in a rickety bisexual love triangle or a woman visiting her husband in a nursing home, probing the psychic mainspring of a grimly obsessive weight lifter or sifting through the layers of resentment, need, and pity in a friendship that has gone on a few decades too long, Baxter enchants us with the elegant balance of his prose and the unexpectedness of his insights. \u003ci\u003eHarmony of the World\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterpiece of lucidity and compassion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Baxter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/11\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679776512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Baxter is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Feast of Love\u003c\/i\u003e (nominated for the National Book Award), \u003ci\u003eThe Soul Thief, Saul and Patsy, Shadow Play, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFirst Light, \u003c\/i\u003e and the story collections \u003ci\u003eGryphon, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBelievers, A Relative Stranger, Through the Safety Net, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHarmony of the World\u003c\/i\u003e. The stories \"Bravery\" and \"Charity,\" which appear in \u003ci\u003eThere's Something I Want You to Do, \u003c\/i\u003e were included in \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories.\u003c\/i\u003e He has won the PEN\/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story. Baxter lives in Minneapolis and teaches at the University of Minnesota and in the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43637792735347,"sku":"9.78068E+12","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_4ab40f01-d793-410c-bd2c-4a2efd8dc4f9.jpg?v=1755603240","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/harmony-of-the-world-9780679776512","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}