{"product_id":"secrets-surprises-paperback","title":"Secrets \u0026 Surprises - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese fifteen stories by Ann Beattie garnered universal critical acclaim on their first publication, earning Beattie the reputation as the most celebrated new voice in American fiction. Today these stories -- \"A Vintage Thunderbird;\" \"The Lawn Party, \" \" La Petite Danseuse de Quatorze Ans,\" to name a few -- seem even more powerful, and are read and studied as classics of the short-story form. Spare and elegant, yet charged with feeling and with the tension of things their characters cannot say, they are masterly portraits of improvised lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese fifteen stories by Ann Beattie garnered universal critical acclaim on their first publication, earning Beattie the reputation as the most celebrated new voice in American fiction. Today these stories -- \"A Vintage Thunderbird; \" \"The Lawn Party,\" \" La Petite Danseuse de Quatorze Ans,\" to name a few -- seem even more powerful, and are read and studied as classics of the short-story form. Spare and elegant, yet charged with feeling and with the tension of things their characters cannot say, they are masterly portraits of improvised lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68086576611551,"sku":"9780679731931","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/tyF2cGq31s9780679731931.webp?v=1792356736","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/secrets-surprises-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}