{"product_id":"on-the-river-styx-isbn-9780679728528","title":"On the River Styx","description":"Since the 1950s Peter Matthiessen has written fiction and nonfiction of elemental power and moral vision, including the acclaimed novels \u003ci\u003eAt Play in the Fields of the Lord\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFar Tortuga\u003c\/i\u003e and works of naturalism and exploration like the National Book Award-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Snow Leopard\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis stunning collection of short stories, available for the first time in paperback, spans more than three decades of writing by one of the most acclaimed literary voices of our time.\"Mr. Matthiessen proves himself here to be a connoisseur of coiled tensions, between men and women, between people of different social classes, and, repeatedly, between races.... There is something almost mysterious about his achievement...qualities for which one can think of only classical or old-fashioned words: gravitas, grandeur, beauty.\" -- The New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"These compelling tales of elemental fear and ever-pressing silence culminate in the great, dark and desperate final story, a masterful piece of work by one of our best writers.\" -- Don DeLillo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Simply wonderful stories. When all the faddish smoke clears. Peter Matthiessen's work will stand revealed as that of an artist of immense talent, grandeur, and genius.\" -- Jim Harrison\u003cb\u003ePeter Matthiessen\u003c\/b\u003e was born in New York City in 1927 and had already begun his writing career by the time he graduated from Yale University in 1950. The following year, he was a founder of \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e. Besides \u003ci\u003eAt Play in the Fields of the Lord\u003c\/i\u003e, which was nominated for the National Book Award, he published six other works of fiction, including \u003ci\u003eFar Tortuga\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKilling Mister Watson\u003c\/i\u003e. Matthiessen's parallel career as a naturalist and explorer resulted in numerous widely acclaimed books of nonfiction, among them \u003ci\u003eThe Tree Where Man Was Born\u003c\/i\u003e, which was nominated for the National Book Award, and\u003ci\u003e The Snow Leopard\u003c\/i\u003e, which won it. Matthiessen died in 2014.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304369344741,"sku":"NP9780679728528","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780679728528.jpg?v=1767734122","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/on-the-river-styx-isbn-9780679728528","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}