{"product_id":"birds-of-america-stories-vintage-contemporaries","title":"Birds of America: Stories (Vintage Contemporaries)  -  Moore, Lorrie -  Paperback","description":"Birds of America: Stories (Vintage Contemporaries)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Moore, Lorrie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublication Date: 01\/12\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist Winner of the \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e Book Award A \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBirds of America\u003c\/b\u003e is the celebrated collection of twelve stories from Lorrie Moore, one of the finest authors at work today.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Fluid, cracked, mordant, colloquial…. Stand[s] by itself as one of our funniest, most telling anatomies of human love and vulnerability.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A marvelous collection…. Her stories are tough, lean, funny, and metaphysical…. \u003cb\u003eBirds of America\u003c\/b\u003e has about it a wild beauty that simply makes one feel more connected to life.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “At once sad, funny, lyrical and prickly, \u003cb\u003eBirds of America\u003c\/b\u003e attests to the deepening emotional chiaroscuro of her wise and beguiling work.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Stunning…. There’s really no one like Moore; in a perfect marriage of art form and mind, she has made the short story her own.” —\u003ci\u003eMilwaukee Journal Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “\u003cb\u003eBirds of America\u003c\/b\u003e stands as a major work of American short fiction…. Absolutely mastered.” —\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Wonderful…. These stories impart such terrifying truths.” —\u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Lorrie Moore soars with \u003cb\u003eBirds of America\u003c\/b\u003e.... A marvelous, fiercely funny book.” —\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Fifty years from now, it may well turn out that the work of very few American writers has as much to say about what it means to be alive in our time as that of Lorrie Moore.” —\u003ci\u003eHarper’s Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title \/ Hardcover","offer_id":39541568471095,"sku":"9780307474964","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0086\/6218\/8087\/files\/new-book-default-title-hardcover-birds-of-america-stories-vintage-contemporaries-moore-lorrie-paperback-31065043992631.jpg?v=1720752267","url":"https:\/\/hivoltagerecords.com\/products\/birds-of-america-stories-vintage-contemporaries","provider":"Hi-Voltage Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}