{"product_id":"the-shape-of-a-man-a-novella-and-five-stories-0595221289","title":"The Shape of a Man: A Novella and Five Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0595221289\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ivey, Randall\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE SHAPE OF A MAN: A NOVELLA AND FIVE STORIES is storytelling in the grand Southern tradition of Robert Penn Warren, William Faulkner, and Flannery O'Connor. In the title novella a young boy seeks to emulate the courage of his father as the two of them attempt to unravel the mystery of a ghastly crime against a simpleton fieldhand in 1950's rural South Carolina. In \"Laissez Faire Redux\" a traditional South Carolinian and his liberal brother-in-law argue over the flying of the Confederate flag. \"Another Woman's Ring\" depicts a late-life romance, while in \"Midnight\" a middle-aged housewife is tempted to passion by a mysterious stranger. \"The Liberation of Marian K.\" takes place in fashionable Manhattan: a man comes to admire an eccentric socialite he once despised. \"Family Portrait\" partakes of the old Russian literary tradition, exemplified by Tolstoy and Turgenev, of depicting a life in miniature: a woman risks madness and ridicule to preserve the heroic memory of her dead son.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51940141662496,"sku":"NEW0595221289","price":13.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-shape-of-a-man-a-novella-and-five-stories-0595221289","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}