{"product_id":"the-rise-fall-of-the-scandamerican-domestic-paperback","title":"The Rise \u0026 Fall of the Scandamerican Domestic - 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\u003eChristopher Merkner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShirley Jackson for the contemporary Midwest, where the ties of family and community intersect darkly with suburban American life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these stories, an enraged village gaslights unsuspecting vacationers and a young man delays an impending confession, fondling the nostrils of his mother's pet pig. Sharp and uneasy, for these inheritors of tradition, that which binds them most closely--offering stability and identity and comfort--are precisely the qualities that set them back, pull them down, burden, limit, and ruin them.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristopher Merkner teaches creative writing at West Chester University. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eBlack Warrior Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCincinnati Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFairy Tale Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGettysburg Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Orleans Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBest American Mystery Stories\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.4 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 14, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Colorado Book Award (2015)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53477245911347,"sku":"9781566893381","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/vZN2FNsEHA9781566893381.webp?v=1781613155","url":"https:\/\/rbangel-store.myshopify.com\/products\/the-rise-fall-of-the-scandamerican-domestic-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}