{"product_id":"9780996897327","title":"Chicago Heat and Other Stories","description":"Author: Clarence Major\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780996897327\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Green Writers Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 03 Jan 2017\u003cbr\u003ePages: 240 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving written more than eight novels, including \u003ci\u003eMy Amputations \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDirty Bird Blues,\u003c\/i\u003e alongside a dozen books of poetry, \u003ci\u003eChicago Heat and Other Stories \u003c\/i\u003eis Clarence Major's second work of short fiction and first book with Green Writers Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Heat and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e employs a gorgeous purity and simplicity of language in a series of masterful stories exploring human interaction. Each narrative voice comes forward all at once, individual and complete, without obstacle or complication, enabling the reader to see the characters and feel their emotions. Major does not shy away from the bitter or the harsh; we get to hear it all. Like paint on an easel he blends lyric harmony with moxie and the blunt with the beautiful. The imagery is completely accessible and generously given. Toni Morrison comes to mind. His work is like jewels.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47919322857630,"sku":"ING-9780996897327","price":36.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780996897327.jpg?v=1782810046","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780996897327","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}