{"product_id":"9780312425081","title":"Chemistry and Other Stories","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eChemistry and Other Stories\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Ron Rash\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChemistry and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, A Picador Paperback Original\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the pre-eminent chronicler of this forgotten territory, stories that range over one hundred years in the troubled, violent emergence of the New South.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Ron Rash's stories, spanning the entire twentieth century in Appalachia, rural communities struggle with the arrival of a new era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThree old men stalk the shadow of a giant fish no one else believes is there. A man takes up scuba diving in the town reservoir to fight off a killing depression. A grieving mother leads a surveyor into the woods to name once and for all the county where her son was murdered by thieves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the Appalachia of Ron Rash's stories, the collision of the old and new south, of antique and modern, resonate with the depth and power of ancient myths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\"Rash,  a poet and novelist (\u003ci\u003eThe World Made Straight, \u003c\/i\u003e2006) steeped in Appalachia,  offers 13 haunting and picturesque stories that illuminate the terms of  survival in that often forgotten landscape.\" - \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312425081\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40593108533454,"sku":"9780312425081","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_06c242b6-fac9-44c1-9261-847073be0c4e.jpg?v=1637781617","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312425081","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}