{"product_id":"stories-from-the-country-of-lost-borders-9780813512181","title":"Stories from the Country of Lost Borders","description":"Mary Austin's \u003ci\u003eThe Land of Little Rain\u003c\/i\u003e (1903) and \u003ci\u003eLost Borders\u003c\/i\u003e (1909), both set in the California desert, make intimate connections between animals, people, and the land they inhabit. For Austin, the two indispensable conditions of her fiction were that the region must enter the story \"as another character, as the instigator of plot,\" and that the story must reflect \"the essential qualities of the land.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Land of Little Rain\u003c\/i\u003e, Austin's attention to natural detail allows her to write prose that is geologically, biologically, and botanically accurate at the same time that it offers metaphorical insight into human emotional and spiritual experience. In \u003ci\u003eLost Borders\u003c\/i\u003e, Austin focuses on both white and Indian women's experiences in the desert, looks for the sources of their deprivation, and finds them in the ways life betrays them, usually in the guise of men. She offers several portraits of strong women characters but ultimately identifies herself with the desert, which she personifies as a woman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marjorie Pryse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.56w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813512181","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40180637728883,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_34155b35-68b4-48dd-a445-5bf8c71a2ce8.jpg?v=1655471022","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/stories-from-the-country-of-lost-borders-9780813512181","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}