{"product_id":"the-race-and-other-stories-by-sinclair-ross-paperback","title":"The Race and Other Stories by Sinclair Ross - 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\u003eLorraine McMullen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSinclair Ross\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeralded as a prairie writer and best known for \u003cem\u003eAs For Me and My House\u003c\/em\u003e and for his stories of the bleak dust bowl Prairies of the Great Depression, Sinclair Ross has also written of urban life and, briefly, of army life, as the stories in this collection demonstrate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Race and Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e includes previously uncollected short stories and a chapter from \u003cem\u003eWhir of Gold\u003c\/em\u003e, here title \"The Race,\" which stands on its own as a short story. Furthermore, \"Spike,\" published in French in \u003cem\u003eLiberté\u003c\/em\u003e in 1969, appears here for the first time in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoss's taut, economical, rhythmic prose reflects the bleak, spare landscape of the prairie. The concerns of his novels are equally evident in his stories: loneliness and alienation, the sense of entrapment, the imaginative and artistic struggle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection of stories will be of interest to those who wish to better understand one of Canada's most respected writers and the diversity that can be found in his writings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 136\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.29 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 1978\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45688090427589,"sku":"9780776643434","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/RVh5VWs1YTgvSHY0TXF6bkdSM0k1Zz09.webp?v=1769253179","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-race-and-other-stories-by-sinclair-ross-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}