{"product_id":"the-big-sandy-paperback","title":"The Big Sandy - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eR. F. McEwen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eR.F. McEwen's \u003cem\u003eThe Big Sandy\u003c\/em\u003e is a splendid imaginative feat that calls to mind the work of three Irish masters: Sterne, Joyce, and Beckett. Like the best literary novels, \u003cem\u003eThe Big Sandy\u003c\/em\u003e is both highly allusive and hugely engaging. While encased in a thoroughly-destroyed Plymouth Fury (read: Michael Fury, an invisible yet ever-present character in Joyce's \u003cem\u003eThe Dead\u003c\/em\u003e) in the heart of Nebraska's Sandhills, McEwen's hapless duo survive by inventing an imaginary landscape and a peopled world that draws on Ireland and America. Linguistically, \u003cem\u003eThe Big Sandy\u003c\/em\u003e occupies a space between both countries while absorbing from both. McEwen's heroes, Jodey and Flann, resemble Beckett's Vladimir and Estragon-they are trapped and hoping for deliverance. At the same time, both men are caught inside their own narratives: McEwen reminds us that all lives are stories and that most storytellers report unreliably on their own lives. \u003cem\u003eThe Big Sandy, \u003c\/em\u003e a most-exciting genre defying novel\/drama, is the work of a master storyteller. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eR. F. McEWEN was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1945. Since 1962 he has been a professional logger and tree trimmer, working trees throughout the United States as well as in, during the late 1960's, Guyana, South America. In 1972 he began teaching Middle School English in Chadron, Nebraska, and is currently a professor of English at Chadron State College. His work has appeared in numerous journals, including \u003ci\u003eKansas Quarterly, The Prairie Schooner, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMelville Extracts\u003c\/i\u003e and in \u003ci\u003eThe Yellow Nib\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 140\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 21, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46630029656261,"sku":"9781622882465","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/URqFvQHV5E9781622882465.webp?v=1785329956","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-big-sandy-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}