{"product_id":"thirteen-ways-of-looking-a-novella-and-three-stories-9780812986587","title":"Thirteen Ways of Looking: A Novella and Three Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY\u003ci\u003e CHICAGO TRIBUNE \u003c\/i\u003eAND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review - \u003c\/i\u003eNPR - \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times - The Boston Globe - The Seattle Times - The Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn such acclaimed novels as \u003ci\u003eLet the Great World Spin\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTransAtlantic, \u003c\/i\u003eNational Book Award-winning author Colum McCann has transfixed readers with his precision, tenderness, and authority. Now, in his first collection of short fiction in more than a decade, McCann charts the territory of chance, and the profound and intimate consequences of even our smallest moments. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"As it was, it was like being set down in the best of poems, carried into a cold landscape, blindfolded, turned around, unblindfolded, forced, then, to invent new ways of seeing.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the exuberant title novella, a retired judge reflects on his life's work, unaware as he goes about his daily routines that this particular morning will be his last. In \"Sh'khol,\" a mother spending Christmas alone with her son confronts the unthinkable when he disappears while swimming off the coast near their home in Ireland. In \"Treaty,\" an elderly nun catches a snippet of a news report in which it is revealed that the man who once kidnapped and brutalized her is alive, masquerading as an agent of peace. And in \"What Time Is It Now, Where You Are?\" a writer constructs a story about a Marine in Afghanistan calling home on New Year's Eve. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Deeply personal, subtly subversive, at times harrowing, and indeed funny, yet also full of comfort, \u003ci\u003eThirteen Ways of Looking\u003c\/i\u003e is a striking achievement. With unsurpassed empathy for his characters and their inner lives, Colum McCann forges from their stories a profound tribute to our search for meaning and grace. The collection is a rumination on the power of storytelling in a world where language and memory can sometimes falter, but in the end do not fail us, and a contemplation of the healing power of literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThirteen Ways of Looking\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Extraordinary . . . incandescent.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The irreducible mystery of human experience ties this small collection together, and in each of these stories McCann explores that theme in some strikingly effective ways. . . .  The first story] is as fascinating as it is poignant. . . .  The second] captures the mundane and mysterious aspects of shaping characters from the gray clay of words, placing them in realistic settings and breathing life into their lungs. . . . That he makes the story so emotionally compelling is a sign of his genius. . . . The most remarkable  piece] is \u003ci\u003eSh'khol\u003c\/i\u003e. . . . Caught in the rushing currents of this drama, you know you're reading a little masterpiece.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"McCann is a writer of power and subtlety and beauty. . . . The powerful title story loiters in the mind long after you've read it.\"\u003cb\u003e--Sarah Lyall, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" McCann] unspools complex and unforgettable stories in this, his first collection in more than a decade.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"McCann is a passionate writer whose impulse is always toward a generous understanding of his diverse characters.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Powerful, profound, and deeply empathetic, McCann's beautifully wrought writing in \u003ci\u003eThirteen Ways of Looking\u003c\/i\u003e glides off the page.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"McCann weaves the magic that made \u003ci\u003eLet the Great World Spin\u003c\/i\u003e so acclaimed.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Huffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\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-224107\"\u003eColum McCann\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Trade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812986587\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 081298658X\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-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC029000\"\u003eShort Stories (single author)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC051000\"\u003eCultural Heritage\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eColum McCann\u003c\/b\u003e is the internationally bestselling author of the novels \u003ci\u003eTransAtlantic, Let the Great World Spin, Zoli, Dancer, This Side of Brightness, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Songdogs, \u003c\/i\u003e as well as two critically acclaimed story collections. His fiction has been published in thirty-five languages. He has received many honors, including the National Book Award, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres award from the French government, and the Ireland Fund of Monaco Literary Award in Memory of Princess Grace. He has been named one of \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e's \"Best and Brightest,\" and his short film \u003ci\u003eEverything in This Country Must\u003c\/i\u003e was nominated for an Oscar in 2005. A contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Paris Review, \u003c\/i\u003e he teaches in the Hunter College MFA Creative Writing program. He lives in New York City with his wife and their three children, and he is the cofounder of the global nonprofit story exchange organization, Narrative 4.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Trade","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42710680076525,"sku":"9780812986587","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_d9ff13d5-5a61-45f8-a6a1-37aabb87e7c1.jpg?v=1650146950","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/thirteen-ways-of-looking-a-novella-and-three-stories-9780812986587","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}