{"product_id":"9781933202600","title":"Still Life with Plums","description":"\u003cp\u003eStill Life with Plums is a vibrant collection of short stories that weaves together the outwardly distant lives of several strangers. With heaping doses of dark humor and magical realism, these ten stories enliven a cast of characters carefully speckled throughout the southern portion of the United States. From West Virginians, to Texans and Latinos, Still Life with Plums circles the paths of a Black-Irish West Virginian, a wise-cracking dog groomer, an emasculated husband, a Guatemalan widow, a Japanese-Latin-American poster child from WWII, and a meticulous predator. Marie Manilla's accessible prose is deceptively layered, as she births and wrestles this quirky ensemble that unflinchingly probes the human psyche, while affirming a concrete connection to a shared place and identity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47535565668404,"sku":"9781933202600","price":39.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/9390\/2132\/files\/9781933202600.jpg?v=1774741803","url":"https:\/\/woodslane.com.au\/products\/9781933202600","provider":"Woodslane","version":"1.0","type":"link"}