{"product_id":"in-search-of-small-gods-9781556593192","title":"In Search of Small Gods","description":"\u003cp\u003eFunny and tender beneath a wry and gruff seen-it-all veneer, Harrison contemplates death, discerns divinity in every stone and leaf, and nobility in ordinary lives, and laughs at our attempts to separate ourselves from the rest of nature.--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis poems succeed on the basis of an open heart and a still-ravenous appetite for life.--\u003ci\u003eThe Texas Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow in paperback, Jim Harrison's best-selling poetry book \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Small Gods\u003c\/i\u003e is where birds and humans converse, autobiographies are fluid, and unknown gods flutter just out of sight. In terrains real and imagined--from remote canyons and anonymous thickets in the American West to secret basements in World War II Europe--Harrison calls upon readers to live fully in a world where Death steals everything except our stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaybe the problem is that I got involved with the wrong crowd of\u003cbr\u003egods when I was seven. At first they weren't harmful and only showed\u003cbr\u003ethemselves as fish, birds, especially herons and loons, turtles, a bobcat\u003cbr\u003eand a small bear, but not deer and rabbits who only offered themselves\u003cbr\u003eas food. And maybe I spent too much time inside the water of\u003cbr\u003elakes and rivers. Underwater seemed like the safest church I could\u003cbr\u003ego to . . . \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJim Harrison\u003c\/b\u003e is one of America's most versatile and celebrated writers. He is the author of over thirty books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eLegends of the Fall\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDalva\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has been translated into two dozen languages. He lives in Arizona and Montana.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-5758124\"\u003eJim Harrison\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/17\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 87\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556593192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1556593198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE005010\"\u003eAmerican | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJim Harrison: Jim Harrison, one of America's most versatile and celebrated writers, is the author of thirty books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction--including Legends of the Fall, the acclaimed trilogy of novellas, and The Shape of the Journey: New and Collected Poems. His books have been translated into two dozen languages, and in 2007 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. With a fondness for open space and anonymous thickets, he divides his time between Montana and southern Arizona. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42694061588717,"sku":"9781556593192","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_2956e11c-684f-4fb9-ab08-42e3d4ec9648.jpg?v=1649863756","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/in-search-of-small-gods-9781556593192","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}