{"product_id":"nightjar-stories","title":"Nightjar: Stories","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eNightjar\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Emily Ruskovich, who wrote the best-selling and award-winning 2017 novel \n\u003ci\u003eIdaho\u003c\/i\u003e, proves herself to be a master of short fiction with this stunning collection of five short stories set against the otherworldly backdrop of the wilderness of the Pacific Northwest. Whether the stories revolve around a young woman moving into her husband's childhood home or an estranged father grieving the loss of his brother, all of them explore the flimsy intersection between secrets and innocence, truth and memory.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Harper's Bazaar \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"To read Emily Ruskovich is to unwrap a gift: her stories are surprising, rewarding, beautiful. There are strange love affairs, hearts gently breaking, cherished childhood memories that turn out to be untrue; in clear and distinctive prose, she evokes the epic scope of quiet lives.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Paula Hawkins, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Slow Fire Burning\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"These are marvelous and unsettling stories. Ruskovich's prose is lambent, the relationships between her characters are thorny, complex, and mesmerizing, and the shapes of her stories constantly surprise. I loved \n\u003ci\u003eNightjar\u003c\/i\u003e.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Kelly Link, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"These are exquisite short stories. They disturb, delight, and linger long after finishing.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Louise Kennedy, author of\u003ci\u003e Trespasses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Ruskovich blends urgent pacing with lush wooded scenery and intimate psychological details. It's a marvel.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In this exquisitely tailored collection of five stories, Ruskovich plumbs the depths of mystery, memory, and the quiet grief of intimacy. . . . Like \n\u003ci\u003eIdaho, \u003c\/i\u003e this book has a compelling slipperiness, both in time and reality. Ruskovich's characters are often in two places in time at once, and she expertly weaves memory and observation to fuse the past and present together. . . . A portal to a haunting, liminal Pacific Northwest.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews, \u003c\/i\u003e starred review \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for Emily Ruskovich\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"You know you're in masterly hands here \n\u003ci\u003e. . . . \u003c\/i\u003eWrenching and beautiful.\" \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Sensuous, exquisitely crafted.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Riveting . . . exquisitely rendered with masterful language and imagery . . . powerful and deeply moving.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Shatteringly original . . . upturns everything you think you know about story. . . . You could read \n\u003ci\u003eIdaho\u003c\/i\u003e just for the sheer beauty of the prose, the expert way Ruskovich makes everything strange and yet absolutely familiar. . . . She startles with images so fresh, they make you see the world anew.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Ruskovich's prose is immensely seductive.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Haunting, propulsive and gorgeously written.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEmily Ruskovich \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the bestselling novel \n\u003ci\u003eIdaho, \u003c\/i\u003e which won the International Dublin Literary Award, only the fourth American novel ever to do so. Ruskovich is also the recipient of the Pacific Northwest Book Award and an O. Henry Prize. Her writing has appeared in \n\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The Paris Review, The Guardian, One Story, Zoetrope, The Virginia Quarterly Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. She grew up in the Idaho panhandle, and lives now in the mountains of western Montana with her husband and their three young children. \n\u003ci\u003eNightjar\u003c\/i\u003e is her second book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning author of the national bestseller \u003ci\u003eIdaho\u003c\/i\u003e comes a \"stunning collection\" (\u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e) of stories that explore how unexpected intuitions forever alter the lives of ordinary people.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"These are marvelous and unsettling stories.\"--Kelly Link, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"In clear and distinctive prose, Emily Ruskovich evokes the epic scope of quiet lives.\"--Paula Hawkins, author of \u003ci\u003eA Slow Fire Burning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFive years after moving into the isolated house in rural Oregon where her husband lived as a child, the protagonist of \"Victor's Room\" begins to doubt her husband's account of his family's past. In \"Round Lake,\" a young woman's plans to meet a lover in Tokyo are upended when she learns a startling truth about her mother's death. In \"Owl,\" winner of an O. Henry Award, a fur trapper reckons with the dreadful origins of his marriage after his wife is brutally injured by four adolescent boys. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHaunting and psychologically provocative, and set against the vivid backdrop of the Pacific Northwest, \n\u003ci\u003eNightjar\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the secret, instinctive knowledge that lies just under the surface of our awareness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/18\/2026 (EAN 9780812994025, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/15\/2026 (EAN 9780812994025, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496187199766,"sku":"9780812994025","price":34.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780812994025.jpg?v=1783057054","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/nightjar-stories","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}