{"product_id":"the-montana-stories","title":"The Montana Stories","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Montana Stories\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eDavid Long\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781915812933\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eBoiler House Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2026\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e314\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor over 40 years, David Long has been Montana's best-kept literary secret, a writer's writer admired by the likes of Louise Erdrich, William Kittredge, and Billy Collins. His precise, carefully detailed stories provide a peerless record of the lives of quiet people and rural towns of Montana throughout the 20th century. His men and women know the power of the wilderness that hovers just down the road, that looms on the horizon, that constantly reminds them how small and fragile their lives are.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Montana Stories\u003c\/em\u003e collects David Long's best stories set in Montana from across his career, from \"The Flood of '64\" to \"Tacks,\" written for this book. It superbly demonstrates his unique talent for getting inside his characters in a manner that illuminates but never exploits, that reveals their secrets while guarding their dignity. His prose is meticulous but never so muted that the reader is not astonished in each story by a phrase or observation that rings like a well-aimed strike of an axe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Montana Stories\u003c\/em\u003e initiates a joint series by Boiler House Press and the University of Montana Press dedicated to celebrating the work of alumni of the university's legendary creative writing program.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"David Long has a special talent for pulling taut the narrative thread. In these pages, we have the satisfaction of encountering a remarkable voice.\" - Lois Erdrich\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Boiler House Press","offers":[{"title":"The Montana Stories | David Long | Paperback | 9781915812933 | New | Fiction 1788644","offer_id":67907967189144,"sku":"1788644","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81_aWn5VecL.jpg?v=1793890876","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/the-montana-stories","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}