{"product_id":"inukshuk","title":"Inukshuk","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eInukshuk\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eGregory Spatz\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781934137420\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eBellevue Literary Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2012\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e224\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\"An elaborate tale of family and the paths people take to understanding.\" --\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[This] mix of well-researched history and contemporary fiction makes for a fine, sad read.\" --\u003cb\u003eMinneapolis \u003ci\u003eStar Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Hauntingly honest and emotionally resonant.\" --\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gregory Spatz's prose is as clean and sparkling as a new fall of snow.\" --\u003cb\u003eJANET FITCH\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eWhite Oleander\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePaint it Black\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"At its heart \u003ci\u003eInukshuk\u003c\/i\u003e is about family. But Spatz has transfigured this beautifully told, wise story with history and myth, poetry and magic into something rarer, stranger and altogether amazing. A book that points unerringly true north.\" --\u003cb\u003eKAREN JOY FOWLER\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Jane Austen Book Club\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWit's End\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn Franklin has moved his fifteen-year-old son to the remote northern Canadian town of Houndstitch to make a new life together after his wife, Thomas' mother, left them. Mourning her disappearance, John, a high school English teacher, writes poetry and escapes into an affair, while Thomas withdraws into a fantasy recreation of the infamous Victorian-era arctic expedition led by British explorer Sir John Franklin. With teenage bravado, Thomas gives himself scurvy so that he can sympathize with the characters in the film of his mind--and is almost lost himself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile told over the course of only a few days, this gripping tale slips through time, powerfully evoking a modern family in distress and the legendary \"Franklin's Lost Expedition\" crew's descent into despair, madness, and cannibalism aboard the \u003ci\u003eHMS Erebus\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHMS Terror\u003c\/i\u003e on the Arctic tundra. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eGregory Spatz\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eInukshuk, Fiddler's Dream, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNo One But Us, \u003c\/i\u003e and the short fiction collections \u003ci\u003eWonderful Tricks\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHalf as Happy.\u003c\/i\u003e A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and recipient of a Washington State Book Award, he teaches at Eastern Washington University in Spokane and plays the fiddle and tours with Mighty Squirrel and the internationally acclaimed bluegrass band John Reischman and The Jaybirds.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Bellevue Literary Press","offers":[{"title":"Inukshuk | Gregory Spatz | Paperback | 9781934137420 | Used: Like New | Fiction 1730528 (temp: 2)","offer_id":48167821803672,"sku":"1730528","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81ZAYSdENKL.jpg?v=1771955240","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/inukshuk","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}