{"product_id":"festival-days-by-jo-ann-beard-9780316497220","title":"Festival Days","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e Editors' Choice\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLitHub\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen \"The Fourth State of Matter,\" her now famous piece about a workplace massacre at the University of Iowa was published in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, Jo Ann Beard immediately became one of the most influential writers in America. She forged a path for a new generation of young authors willing to combine the dexterity of fiction with the rigours of memory and reportage, extending the range of possibility for the essay form in the process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow, with \u003cem\u003eFestival Days,\u003c\/em\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. The content ranges 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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—\u003cem\u003eFestival Days\u003c\/em\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596394578156,"sku":"9780316497220","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780316497220-festival-days.jpg?v=1777923742","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/festival-days-by-jo-ann-beard-9780316497220","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}