{"product_id":"book-e0gp","title":"Festival Days","description":"\u003cb\u003eA searing and exhilarating new collection from the award-winning author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Boys of My Youth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn Zanesville\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ewho “honors the beautiful, the sacred, and the comic in life” (Sigrid Nunez, National Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ewinner for \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Friend\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditors’ Choice\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLitHub\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen “The Fourth State of Matter,” her now famous piece about a workplace massacre at the University of Iowa was published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e Jo Ann Beard immediately became one of the most influential writers in America, forging a path for a new generation of young authors willing to combine the dexterity of fiction with the rigors of memory and reportage, and in the process extending the range of possibility for the essay form.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNow, with \u003ci\u003eFestival Days,\u003c\/i\u003e Beard brings us the culmination of her groundbreaking work. In these nine pieces, she captures both the small, luminous moments of daily existence and those instants when life and death hang in the balance, ranging from the death of a beloved dog to a relentlessly readable account of a New York artist trapped inside a burning building, as well as two triumphant, celebrated pieces of short fiction.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eHere is an unforgettable collection destined to be embraced and debated by readers and writers, teachers and students. Anchored by the title piece––a searing journey through India that brings into focus questions of mortality and love—\u003ci\u003eFestival Days\u003c\/i\u003e presents Beard at the height of her powers, using her flawless prose to reveal all that is tender and timeless beneath the way we live now.","brand":"Hachette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49397977743664,"sku":"BDe0gp","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/e0gp-cover.jpg?v=1759793520","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-e0gp","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}