{"product_id":"birds-of-america-book-lorrie-moore-9780307474964","title":"Birds of America","description":"\u003cb\u003eFluid, cracked, mordant, colloquial. Stand s] by itself as one of our funniest, most telling anatomies of human love and vulnerability. --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe celebrated collection of twelve stories from one of the finest authors at work today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year \u003cbr\u003eA National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the \u003ci\u003eSalon \u003c\/i\u003eBook Award\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice \u003c\/i\u003eBook of the Year \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA marvelous collection. Her stories are tough, lean, funny, and metaphysical. \u003cb\u003eBirds of America\u003c\/b\u003e has about it a wild beauty that simply makes one feel more connected to life. --\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt once sad, funny, lyrical and prickly, \u003cb\u003eBirds of America \u003c\/b\u003eattests to the deepening emotional chiaroscuro of her wise and beguiling work. --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStunning. There's really no one like Moore; in a perfect marriage of art form and mind, she has made the short story her own. --\u003ci\u003eMilwaukee Journal Sentinel \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBirds of America\u003c\/b\u003e stands as a major work of American short fiction. Absolutely mastered. --\u003ci\u003eElle \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWonderful. These stories impart such terrifying truths. --\u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLorrie Moore soars with \u003cb\u003eBirds of America\u003c\/b\u003e. A marvelous, fiercely funny book. --\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFifty years from now, it may well turn out that the work of very few American writers has as much to say about what it means to be alive in our time as that of Lorrie Moore. --\u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49677721108753,"sku":"CIN0307474968VG","price":4.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49756919267601,"sku":"GOR006381855","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50172431532305,"sku":"CIN0307474968A","price":5.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51000773148945,"sku":"NIN9780307474964","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52103190839569,"sku":"CIN0307474968G","price":5.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0307474968.jpg?v=1751227515","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/birds-of-america-book-lorrie-moore-9780307474964","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}