{"product_id":"ghost-years-isbn-9781644213773","title":"Ghost Years","description":"\u003cb\u003e A tribute to the author's mother Kitty, the gritty Chicago landscape of his youth, and the \"ghost years, that time in your life you don't know won't never come again.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Barry Gifford has been writing the story of America in acclaimed novel after acclaimed novel for the last half-century. Almost all of the stories in \u003ci\u003eGhost Years\u003c\/i\u003e takes place in the 1950s, examining the lives of women in that period—the suppression, the lack of opportunities, the dependency on men. Following his story collection, \u003ci\u003eRoy's World\u003c\/i\u003e, which inspired the documentary directed by Rob Christopher, narrated by Lili Taylor, Matt Dillon and Willem Dafoe, these stories show a childhood in mid-century America filled with innocence, grief, joy and wonder in equal measure.\"The way Barry Gifford lets people talk articulates everything about their unfamiliar inner lives, and ours.\"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Boston Globe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Gifford cuts right through the heart of what makes a good novel readable and entertaining. . . . The way Barry Gifford does it, it's high art.\"\u003cb\u003e—Elmore Leonard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Gifford, a master of the short story and nasty vignette, can sum up in a few words the cruelty, horror, and crushing banality that shape an entire life.\"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Barry Gifford invented his own American vernacular--William Faulkner by way of B-movie film noir, porn paperbacks, and Sun Records rockabilly\"\u003cb\u003e—Jonathan Lethem on \u003ci\u003eSailor \u0026amp; Lula\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBARRY GIFFORD\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of more than forty published works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, which have been translated into twenty-eight languages. Gifford began his career as a poet and musician. His most recent prose works are \u003ci\u003eThe Roy Stories, Landscape With Traveler: The Pillow Book of Francis Reeves\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eJack's Book: An Oral Biography of Jack Kerouac\u003c\/i\u003e. His most recent poetry collection is \u003ci\u003eImagining Paradise: New and Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (2012). Gifford lives in the San Francisco area.","brand":"Seven Stories Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303321587941,"sku":"NP9781644213773","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781644213773.jpg?v=1767728068","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/ghost-years-isbn-9781644213773","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}