{"product_id":"family-dancing-stories-paperback","title":"Family Dancing: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Leavitt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThirty years ago, David Leavitt first appeared on the literary scene with a gutsy story collection that stunned readers and reviewers. Just twenty-three, he was hailed as a prodigy of sorts: \"remarkably gifted\" (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e), with \"a genius for empathy\" (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"a knowledge of others' lives . . . that a writer twice his age might envy\" (\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e). \"Regardless of age,\" wrote the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \"few writers so effortlessly achieve the sense of maturity and earned compassion so evident in these pages.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \"Territory,\" a well-intentioned, liberal mother, presiding over her local Parents of Lesbians and Gays chapter, finds her acceptance of her son's sexuality shaken when he arrives home with a lover. In the title story, a family extended through divorce and remarriage dances together at the end of a summer party-in the recognition that they are still bound by the very forces that split them apart. Tender and funny, these stories reveal the intricacies and subtleties of the dances in which we all engage.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Leavitt\u003c\/b\u003e has written story collections and novels including \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Language of Cranes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhile England Sleeps\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Body of Jonah Boyd\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Indian Clerk\u003c\/i\u003e (finalist for the PEN\/Faulkner Award and shortlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award), and \u003ci\u003eThe Two Hotel Francforts\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the author of two nonfiction works, \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Knew Too Much\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFlorence, A Delicate Case\u003c\/i\u003e. He is professor of English at the University of Florida in Gainesville, and edits the literary magazine\u003ci\u003e Subtropics\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ewww.davidleavittwriter.com\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 8.25 x 5.66 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 03, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53125484052787,"sku":"9781620407042","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ei9hfC09gp9781620407042.webp?v=1773255651","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/family-dancing-stories-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}