{"product_id":"harmony-of-the-world-paperback","title":"Harmony of the World - 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\u003eCharles Baxter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the winner of the PEN\/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story and \"one of our most gifted writers\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e)--these ten stories show make everyday experiences seem utterly unprecedented, even as Baxter reminds us, gently and with a sly comic twist, that everything they feel is only the collateral damage of being human.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether he is writing about the players in a rickety bisexual love triangle or a woman visiting her husband in a nursing home, probing the psychic mainspring of a grimly obsessive weight lifter or sifting through the layers of resentment, need, and pity in a friendship that has gone on a few decades too long, Baxter enchants us with the elegant balance of his prose and the unexpectedness of his insights. \u003ci\u003eHarmony of the World\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterpiece of lucidity and compassion.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these ten stories, Charles Baxter shows his genius in making his characters' everyday sufferings--and occasional fragile joys--seem utterly unprecedented, even as he reminds us, gently and with a sly comic twist, that everything they feel is only the collateral damage of being human. Whether he is writing about the players in a rickety bisexual love triangle or a woman visiting her husband in a nursing home, probing the psychic mainspring of a grimly obsessive weight lifter or sifting through the layers of resentment, need, and pity in a friendship that has gone on a few decades too long, Baxter enchants us with the elegant balance of his prose and the unexpectedness of his insights. Long admired and now once more available in paperback, Harmony of the World is a masterpiece of lucidity and compassion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Baxter is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Feast of Love\u003c\/i\u003e (nominated for the National Book Award), \u003ci\u003eThe Soul Thief, Saul and Patsy, Shadow Play, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFirst Light, \u003c\/i\u003e and the story collections \u003ci\u003eGryphon, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBelievers, A Relative Stranger, Through the Safety Net, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHarmony of the World\u003c\/i\u003e. The stories \"Bravery\" and \"Charity,\" which appear in \u003ci\u003eThere's Something I Want You to Do, \u003c\/i\u003e were included in \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories.\u003c\/i\u003e He has won the PEN\/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story. Baxter lives in Minneapolis and teaches at the University of Minnesota and in the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 11, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52555345428787,"sku":"9780679776512","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/YGUiKK1BsY9780679776512.webp?v=1761130388","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/harmony-of-the-world-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}