{"product_id":"driftless-paperback-2","title":"Driftless - 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\u003eDavid Rhodes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A fast-moving story about small town life with characters that seem to have walked off the pages of Edgar Lee Masters's Spoon River Anthology.\"--\u003cem\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe few hundred souls who inhabit Words, Wisconsin, are an extraordinary cast of characters. The middle-aged couple who zealously guards their farm from a scheming milk cooperative. The lifelong invalid, crippled by conflicting emotions about her sister. A cantankerous retiree, haunted by childhood memories after discovering a cougar in his haymow. The former drifter who forever alters the ties that bind a community. In his first novel in 30 years, David Rhodes offers a vivid and unforgettable look at life in small-town America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[Rhodes's] finest work yet . . . \u003cem\u003eDriftless\u003c\/em\u003e is the best work of fiction to come out of the Midwest in many years.\"--\u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Set in a rural Wisconsin town, the book presents a series of portraits that resemble Edgar Lee Masters's 'Spoon River Anthology' in their vividness and in the cumulative picture they create of village life.\"--\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Encompassing and incisive, comedic and profound, \u003cem\u003eDriftless\u003c\/em\u003e is a radiant novel of community and courage.\"--\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A welcome antidote to overheated urban fiction . . . A quiet novel of depth and simplicity.\"--\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It takes a while for all these stories to kick in, but once they do, Rhodes shows he still knows how to keep readers riveted. Add a blizzard, a marauding cougar and some rabble-rousing militiamen, and the result is a novel that is as affecting as it is pleasantly overstuffed.\"--\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Rhodes\u003c\/b\u003e grew up near Des Moines and graduated from Marlboro College in Vermont. After receiving an MFA in Writing from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1971, he published three novels in rapid succession to acclaim: \u003ci\u003eThe Last Fair Deal Going Down, The Easter House, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eRock Island Line.\u003c\/i\u003e Thirty years later, Milkweed reissued these and published his newest novel, \u003ci\u003eDriftless \u003c\/i\u003e. He currently lives with his wife Edna in Wisconsin, and his next book, \u003ci\u003eJewelweed\u003c\/i\u003e will be published in May 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 05, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award (2010)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48747597037817,"sku":"9781571310682","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/D_8ceY5TXU9781571310682_eba52211-31a5-4ee7-89ed-07cf4d6ca652.webp?v=1785680520","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/driftless-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}