{"product_id":"two-american-scenes-9780811220415","title":"Two American Scenes","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Lydia Davis | Eliot Weinberger\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart of our revived \"Poetry Pamphlet\" series, \u003cem\u003eTwo American Scenes\u003c\/em\u003e features two masters of the essay discussing \"found material.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExcerpts: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eIt was given to me, in the nineteenth century, \u003cbr\u003e to spend a lifetime on this earth. Along with a few of the sorrows\u003cbr\u003e that are appointed unto men, I have had innumerable enjoyments;\u003cbr\u003e and the world has been to me, even from childhood, a great museum.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-- Lydia Davis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eBad rapids. Bradley is knocked over the side; his foot catches\u003cbr\u003e under the seat and he is dragged, head under water. Camped on\u003cbr\u003e a sand beach, the wind blows a hurricane. Sand piles over us like\u003cbr\u003e a snow-drift.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-- Eliot Weinberge\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46311757742231,"sku":"9780811220415","price":1066.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780811220415.webp?v=1767703217","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/two-american-scenes-9780811220415","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}