{"product_id":"pricksongs-and-descants-fictions-paperback","title":"Pricksongs and Descants: Fictions - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003ePricksongs \u0026amp; Descants, originally published in 1969, is a virtuoso performance that established its author - already a William Faulkner Award winner for his first novel - as a writer of enduring power and unquestionable brilliance, a promise he has fulfilled over a stellar career. It also began Coover's now-trademark riffs on fairy tales and bedtime stories. In these riotously word-drunk fictional romps, two children follow an old man into the woods, trailing bread crumbs behind and edging helplessly toward a sinister end that never comes; a husband walks toward the bed where his wife awaits his caresses, but by the time he arrives she's been dead three weeks and detectives are pounding down the door; a teenaged babysitter's evening becomes a kaleidoscope of dangerous erotic fantasies-her employer's, her boyfriend's, her own; an aging, humble carpenter marries a beautiful but frigid woman, and after he's waited weeks to consummate their union she announces that God has made her pregnant. Now available in a Grove paperback, Pricksongs \u0026amp; Descants is a cornerstone of Robert Coover's remarkable career and a brilliant work by a major American writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51370094887135,"sku":"9780802136671","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/5G8DlrXJ6d9780802136671.webp?v=1789150346","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/pricksongs-and-descants-fictions-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}