{"product_id":"do-the-blind-dream-isbn-9781583226353","title":"Do the Blind Dream?","description":"\u003ci\u003eDo the Blind Dream? \u003c\/i\u003eshows Gifford at the height of his powers, navigating with ease the new, more fragmented imaginative landscape of morning-after America. Gifford seems to have anticipated themes that suddenly are recognizable everywhere: the fragility of identity; the power of coincidence; the illusion of a secure tomorrow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn contrast to his often nightmarish, satirical, groundbreaking novels of the 1990s—Wild at Heart, Perdita Durango, and Night People among them—\u003ci\u003eDo the Blind Dream? \u003c\/i\u003econtinues in the tender and deeply introspective vein revealed in two recent works: Gifford’s memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Phantom Father\u003c\/i\u003e (named a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book), and the award-winning novella \u003ci\u003eWyoming\u003c\/i\u003e. From the intimate, stylistically daring examination of the darkest secrets in the history of an Italian family, to the terrible but often beautiful fears and discoveries of childhood, to the sardonic, desperate confusion of adult life, \u003ci\u003eDo the Blind Dream?\u003c\/i\u003e reveals an exceptionally versatile, highly tuned sensibility.Do the Blind Dream?\u003cbr\u003eBall Lightning\u003cbr\u003eThe Ciné\u003cbr\u003eThe Lost Tribe\u003cbr\u003eJohnny Across\u003cbr\u003eForever After\u003cbr\u003eRosa Blanca\u003cbr\u003eAfrican Adventure Story\u003cbr\u003eHavana Moon\u003cbr\u003eHoliday From Women\u003cbr\u003eLife Is Life This Sometimes\u003cbr\u003eA Day's Worth of Beauty\u003cbr\u003eThe Petersen Fire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBooks by Barry Gifford\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Author\"Gifford is one of those brave writers who go their own way, and challenge readers to follow.\"—\u003cb\u003eAlan Ryan\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAtlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Barry Gifford is all the proof the world will ever need that a writer who listens with his heart is capable of telling anyone’s story.\"—\u003cb\u003eArmistead Maupin\u003c\/b\u003e, author of the \u003ci\u003eTales of the City\u003c\/i\u003e series\u003cp\u003eThe author of more than forty works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, which have been translated into over twenty-five languages, \u003cb\u003eBARRY GIFFORD \u003c\/b\u003ewrites distinctly American stories for readers around the globe. From screenplays and librettos to his acclaimed Sailor and Lula novels, Gifford’s writing is as distinctive as it is difficult to classify. Born in the Seneca Hotel on Chicago’s Near North Side, he relocated in his adolescence to New Orleans. The move proved significant: throughout his career, Gifford’s fiction—part-noir, part-picaresque, always entertaining—is born of the clash between what he has referred to as his “Northern Side” and “Southern Side.” Gifford has been recipient of awards from PEN, the National Endowment for the Arts, the American Library Association, the Writers Guild of America and the Christopher Isherwood Foundation. His novel \u003ci\u003eWild at Heart\u003c\/i\u003e was adapted into the 1990 Palme d’Or-winning film of the same name. Gifford lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seven Stories Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305192247525,"sku":"NP9781583226353","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781583226353.jpg?v=1767725425","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/do-the-blind-dream-isbn-9781583226353","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}