{"product_id":"something-is-out-there-stories-9780307266279","title":"Something Is Out There: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the prizewinning novelist and world-renowned short-story writer  the author of 2008s universally acclaimed novel Peace (A brilliant one-act drama depicting the futility and moral complexity of combat The New York Times)  eleven indelible new tales that showcase the electrifying artistry of a master.  A husband confronts the power of youth and the inexorable truths of old age. A son sits by his mothers bedside determined to give her what she needs in her final days  even though doing so means breaking his own heart. A brief adulterous tryst illuminates the fragility of our most intimate relations. A young man returns in the face of crisis to the parents he once rejected. A divorced young woman dealing with slowly increasing despair develops an obsesion about a note that fell from the pocket of a man who came to eat in the caf where she works. A wife whose husband has been shot must weather a terrible snowstorm with her two sons  as well as a storm of doubt about the extent of his involvement in a crime.  Richard Bauschs stories contend with transfixing themes: marital and familial estrangement  ways of trespass  the intractable mysteries and frights of daily life in these times  the uncertainty of knowledge and truth  the gulfs between friends and lovers  the frailty of even the most abiding lovewhile underlining throughout the persistence of love  the obdurate forces that connect us. His consummate skill  penetrating wit  and unfailing emotional generosity are on glorious display in this fine new collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67924466630709,"sku":"ByrdShop_0307266273","price":64.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780307266279.jpg?v=1794133633","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/something-is-out-there-stories-9780307266279","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}