{"product_id":"9781571314420","title":"The Village on Horseback: Prose and Verse, 2003-2008","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eA Cure for Suicide \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCensus\u003c\/i\u003e comes a philosophical recasting of myth and legend, folklore and popular culture: a fabulist’s compendium of poetry and prose.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eJesse Ball—long-listed for the National Book Award, a finalist for the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Fiction Award, and named one of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e’s best young American novelists—is one of the most interesting, lyrical, fanciful, and “disturbingly original” (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e) writers working today. And \u003ci\u003eThe Village on Horseback \u003c\/i\u003eis one of his most dazzling and varied works. These experimental pieces—including the \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e’s Plimpton Prize–winning novella “The Early Deaths of Lubeck, Brennan, Harp \u0026amp; Carr”—ask the reader not to imagine the world for what it is, but for what it could be: a blank tableau on which a spirited imagination can conjure tales out of, seemingly, nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Village on Horseback\u003c\/i\u003e is an unmissable treat, a book of voyages to be taken on journeys far and wide.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Milkweed Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46406069551345,"sku":"9781571314420","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781571314420_p0.jpg?v=1771131703","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781571314420","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}