{"product_id":"the-home-jar-stories-paperback","title":"The Home Jar: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNancy Zafris\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNancy Zafris is a critically acclaimed writer because of the highly distinctive, piercing intelligence that underlies her works. Her gifts accumulate in a vision that somehow combines just the right amount of irony, subtle humor, and compassion for characters you won't see anywhere else in contemporary fiction. Those characters are emotionally all over the map too: resolute, sympathetic, and indelible--their stories can be laugh-out-loud funny one minute and bittersweet the next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Home Jar\u003c\/i\u003e, Zafris reconfirms herself to be among the keenest observers of the human condition around. This is her first short story collection since the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eThe People I Know\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction, and her most famous work, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e notable novel \u003ci\u003eThe Metal Shredders\u003c\/i\u003e. Zafris's very loyal following of readers will herald \u003ci\u003eThe Home Jar\u003c\/i\u003e as a major event in American letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNancy Zafris is the author of two novels, \u003ci\u003eLucky Strike \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Metal Shredders\u003c\/i\u003e, and a book of short stories, \u003ci\u003eThe People I Know\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a winner of the Ohioana Library Association Award. She is currently the fiction editor at the \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review \u003c\/i\u003eand editor for the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction series at the University of Georgia Press. She lives in Columbus, Ohio with her husband and son.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 177\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42129909579911,"sku":"9780875806884","price":30.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/dbe78a07eaa6ab38999086ecd24a0795.webp?v=1732606883","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-home-jar-stories-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}