{"product_id":"half-an-inch-of-water-stories-paperback","title":"Half an Inch of Water: Stories - 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\u003ePercival Everett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new collection of stories set in the West from one of the most gifted and versatile of contemporary writers (NPR)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePercival Everett's long-awaited new collection of stories, his first since 2004's \u003ci\u003eDamned If I Do\u003c\/i\u003e, finds him traversing the West with characteristic restlessness. A deaf Native American girl wanders off into the desert and is found untouched in a den of rattlesnakes. A young boy copes with the death of his sister by angling for an unnaturally large trout in the creek where she drowned. An old woman rides her horse into a mountain snowstorm and sees a long-dead beloved dog.\u003cbr\u003e For the plainspoken men and women of these stories--fathers and daughters, sheriffs and veterinarians--small events trigger sudden shifts in which the ordinary becomes unfamiliar. A harmless comment about how to ride a horse changes the course of a relationship, a snakebite gives rise to hallucinations, and the hunt for a missing man reveals his uncanny resemblance to an actor. \u003ci\u003eHalf an Inch of Water\u003c\/i\u003e tears through the fabric of the everyday to examine what lies beneath the surface of these lives. In the hands of master storyteller Everett, the act of questioning leads to vistas more strange and unsettling than could ever have been expected.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePercival Everett\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California and the author of nearly thirty books, including \u003ci\u003ePercival Everett by Virgil Russell\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAssumption\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eErasure\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eI Am Not Sidney Poitier\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGlyph\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the recipient of the Academy Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award, the Believer Book Award, and the 2006 PEN USA Center Award for Fiction. He has fly-fished the west for more than thirty years. He lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44310443917414,"sku":"9781555977191","price":24.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/TnVsWXVQRHIyT1NOS3pGY3hmc1dlUT09.webp?v=1767851439","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/half-an-inch-of-water-stories-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}