{"title":"Bret Anthony Johnston","description":"Bret Anthony Johnston is the author of the bestselling novels We Burn Daylight and Remember Me Like This, the award-winning Corpus Christi: Stories, and the editor of Naming the World: And Other Exercises for the Creative Writer. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, The Paris Review, Thrasher Magazine, The Best American Short Stories, and elsewhere. A recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship and the Sunday Times Short Story Award, he was born and raised in Texas and is the director of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin.","products":[{"product_id":"encounters-with-unexpected-animals-stories-hardcover","title":"Encounters with Unexpected Animals: Stories - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn imaginative, moving collection of stories infused with the magic and enigma of the human condition and drenched in Texas heat, from the best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eWe Burn Daylight. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eEncounters with Unexpected Animals \u003c\/i\u003etakes readers deep into the heart of bestselling author Bret Anthony Johnston's home state of Texas, where teenagers search for love, parents grasp at connections with their children, and animals--real or imagined, familiar or unexpected--are reminders of the mystery, danger, and beauty of being alive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \"Caiman,\" a father buys a baby alligator in hopes of keeping his family safe. In \"Soldier of Fortune,\" a teenage boy dog-sits for his neighbors after tragedy strikes, and his innocent snooping uncovers the family's most guarded secret. And in the luminous \"Half of What Atlee Rouse Knows About Horses,\" an elderly man's heart is laid bare with the raw and breathtaking power of wild horses. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohnston's humor, empathy, and mastery of prose ring out through each story, bringing every finely-drawn character to radiant life. Individually, the stories are by turns suspenseful, poignant and exhilarating. Taken together, they reveal the abiding connections that lead us from sorrow and impermanence back to ourselves and, ultimately, to each other.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102254043359,"sku":"9780399590153","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/WTkBDuk4w19780399590153.webp?v=1781079227"},{"product_id":"corpus-christi-paperback","title":"Corpus Christi - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom an acclaimed and award-winning young writer comes an intensely moving debut collection set in the eye of life's storms. In Corpus Christi, Texas--a town often hit by hurricanes-- parents, children, and lovers come together and fall apart, bonded and battered by memories of loss that they feel as acutely as physical pain. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA car accident joins strangers linked by an intimate knowledge of madness. A teenage boy remembers his father's act of sudden and self-righteous violence. A \"hurricane party\" reunites a couple whom tragedy parted. And, in an unforgettable three-story cycle, an illness sets in profound relief a man's relationship with his mother and the odd, shifting fidelity of truth to love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold in fresh, lyrical voices and taut, inventive styles, these narratives explore the complex volatility of love and intimacy, sorrow and renewal--and expose how often these experiences feel like the opposite of themselves. From the woman whose young son's uncanny rapport with snakes illuminates her own missed opportunities to the man confronting his wife and her lover in a house full of illegal exotic birds, all the characters here face moments of profound decision and recognition in which no choice is clearly or completely right. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWriting with tough humor, deep humanity, and a keen eye for the natural environment, Bret Anthony Johnston creates a world where where cataclysmic events cut people loose from their \"regular lives, floating and spiraling away from where we had been the day before.\" \u003cb\u003eCorpus Christi\u003c\/b\u003e is a extraordinarily ambitious debut. It marks the arrival of an important, exquisitely talented voice to American fiction.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom an acclaimed and award-winning young writer comes an intensely moving debut collection set in the eye of life's storms. In Corpus Christi, Texas--a town often hit by hurricanes-- parents, children, and lovers come together and fall apart, bonded and battered by memories of loss that they feel as acutely as physical pain. \u003cbr\u003eA car accident joins strangers linked by an intimate knowledge of madness. A teenage boy remembers his father's act of sudden and self-righteous violence. A \"hurricane party\" reunites a couple whom tragedy parted. And, in an unforgettable three-story cycle, an illness sets in profound relief a man's relationship with his mother and the odd, shifting fidelity of truth to love. \u003cbr\u003eTold in fresh, lyrical voices and taut, inventive styles, these narratives explore the complex volatility of love and intimacy, sorrow and renewal--and expose how often these experiences feel like the opposite of themselves. From the woman whose young son's uncanny rapport with snakes illuminates her own missed opportunities to the man confronting his wife and her lover in a house full of illegal exotic birds, all the characters here face moments of profound decision and recognition in which no choice is clearly or completely right. \u003cbr\u003eWriting with tough humor, deep humanity, and a keen eye for the natural environment, Bret Anthony Johnston creates a world where where cataclysmic events cut people loose from their \"regular lives, floating and spiraling away from where we had been the day before.\" Corpus Christi is a extraordinarily ambitious debut. It marks the arrival of an important, exquisitely talented voice to American fiction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104428069087,"sku":"9780812971873","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/FYa7AdA1xg9780812971873.webp?v=1781108289"},{"product_id":"we-burn-daylight-hardcover","title":"We Burn Daylight - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn epic novel of star-crossed lovers set in a doomsday cult on the Texas prairie that asks: What would you sacrifice for the person you love?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Symphonic and suspenseful . . . In an epic act of empathy, Bret Anthony Johnston inhabits every point of view, from doomed devotees to perplexed law enforcement.\"--Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eMarch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWaco, Texas, 1993. People from all walks of life have arrived to follow the Lamb's gospel--signing over savings and pensions, selling their homes and shedding marriages. They've come here to worship at the feet of a former landscaper turned prophet who is preparing for the End Times with a staggering cache of weapons. Jaye's mother is one of his newest and most devout followers, though Jaye herself has suspicions about the Lamb's methods--and his motives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRoy is the youngest son of the local sheriff, a fourteen-year-old boy with a heart of gold and a nose for trouble who falls for Jaye without knowing of her mother's attachment to the man who is currently making his father's life hell. The two teenagers are drawn to each other immediately and completely, but their love may have dire consequences for their families. The Lamb has plans for them all--especially Jaye--and as his preaching and scheming move them closer and closer to unthinkable violence, Roy risks everything to save Jaye. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Based on the true events that unfolded thirty years ago during the siege of the Branch Davidian compound, Bret Anthony Johnston's \u003ci\u003eWe Burn Daylight \u003c\/i\u003eis an unforgettable love story, a heart-pounding literary page turner, and a profound exploration of faith, family, and what it means to truly be saved.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104469422303,"sku":"9780399590122","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/XdNMSAc5Dv9780399590122.webp?v=1781108378"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/bret-anthony-johnston.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}