{"product_id":"the-era-of-not-quite","title":"The Era of Not Quite","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDouglas Watson\u003cspan\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003es debut story collection is chock-a-block with deaths, births, sea and land voyages, excursions to the library, philosophical asides, and things like wolves. People fall in and out of love, walk in and out of buildings, take two steps forward and two steps back. Futility is a theme of the book, but so is the necessity of trying.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eSigned copies available in limited quantities\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eThe Era of Not Quite\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003eHerein find fiction full of whimsy, wit, hurt, and terror. Wicked, as in wickedly funny, is in the mix, too, along with a prose style both seductive and sly. Any one of Doug Watson’s first collection of stories, \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eThe Era of Not Quite\u003c\/i\u003e, can mend a broken world.\u003cspan\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Christine Schutt, author of \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eProsperous Friends\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003eOnce upon a time, an acquaintance of Kurt Vonnegut, having read all of the writer’s books, accused Vonnegut of putting bitter coatings on very sweet pills, and I am here to level the same charge against Douglas Watson. Yes, this collection is a relentless catalogue of frailty, folly, and mortal misery, but if you look beyond the cholera, the neck wounds, the burning feet, the bleached bones, the voids, the caves, the deaths at sea, the stillborn babes, the senseless yearnings of the heart, the grief and despair and profound loneliness, then what you will find, reader, is a tender, lovely, elegant celebration of the very idea of life, of living. These are vital and exceptional tales.\u003cspan\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChris Bachelder, author of \u003ci\u003eAbbott Awaits\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ePublication Date: April 19, 2013\u003cbr\u003eISBN: \u003cstrong\u003e978-1-938160-10-3\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e© BOA Editions, Ltd. 2013\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45961813491941,"sku":"9781938160103","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback (Signed)","offer_id":45961813524709,"sku":"9781938160104","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/THE_ERA_OF_NOT_QUITE.jpg?v=1527683368","url":"https:\/\/shop.boaeditions.org\/products\/the-era-of-not-quite","provider":"Boa Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}