{"product_id":"garden-primitives-paperback","title":"Garden Primitives - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDanielle Sosin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese stories open puzzle boxes of intensity; some shut after just a glimpse; in others you can hear the screaming as you turn the page. Sosin's stories always deliver the memorable image, always attempt to decode desire. They pull the rug out from under your expectations, whether it's a notion of what a story should be or a sudden shift in perspective that blasts the landscape wide open.-Patricia Weaver Francisco\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stories in \u003ci\u003eGarden Primitives\u003c\/i\u003e range from still to explosive, the language from poetic and sensual to coarse. What is common among them is a passionate allegiance to both the heart and the intellect. Sosin's characters are at once base and complex as we see the continuous motion of their inner lives, mingle and withdraw from the external world. Revealed are tangles of perception and rationalization, driven by desire and fear. \u003ci\u003eGarden Primitives\u003c\/i\u003e is interested in questions, in pain and pleasure, in beauty and sharp edges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cinematic eye of Sosin's roving narrators leads us through the snowy and suburban decay of a family on a perfect winter night; into the narrow but honest mind of a farmer being bowled over by urban sprawl; on the beach, where a woman's life becomes hyper-focused on the survival of a turtle nest; around a campfire on a north woods vacation where the gaps between parents and children, friends and lovers widen; and through gardens both vegetable and glassed where the language is as fertile as what grows there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGarden Primitives\u003c\/i\u003e is a debut to a voice and vision concerned with the Eden in and around us, and with our clumsiness and grace in the face of the unknown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDanielle Sosin\u003c\/b\u003e received a Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship in 1999. One of her short stories, \u003ci\u003eWhat Mark Couldn't See, \u003c\/i\u003e was read on National Public Radio's Selected Shorts. \u003ci\u003eGarden Primitives\u003c\/i\u003e is her first book-length publication. She lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.48 x 5.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42167300685959,"sku":"9781566891004","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/6b121054f864608d4675f810c389e9d5.webp?v=1733326705","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/garden-primitives-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}