{"product_id":"pricksongs-descants-fictions","title":"Pricksongs \u0026 Descants: Fictions","description":"Pricksongs \u0026amp; Descants, originally published in 1969, is a virtuoso performance that established its author - already a William Faulkner Award winner for his first novel - as a writer of enduring power and unquestionable brilliance, a promise he has fulfilled over a stellar career. It also began Coover's now-trademark riffs on fairy tales and bedtime stories. In these riotously word-drunk fictional romps, two children follow an old man into the woods, trailing bread crumbs behind and edging helplessly toward a sinister end that never comes; a husband walks toward the bed where his wife awaits his caresses, but by the time he arrives she's been dead three weeks and detectives are pounding down the door; a teenaged babysitter's evening becomes a kaleidoscope of dangerous erotic fantasies-her employer's, her boyfriend's, her own; an aging, humble carpenter marries a beautiful but frigid woman, and after he's waited weeks to consummate their union she announces that God has made her pregnant. Now available in a Grove paperback, Pricksongs \u0026amp; Descants is a cornerstone of Robert Coover's remarkable career and a brilliant work by a major American writer.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0802136672\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0802136672.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Coover, Robert\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book has little sign of wear or use  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43494390169661,"sku":"BVV.0802136672.VG","price":7.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0802136672-0.jpg?v=1787269137","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/pricksongs-descants-fictions","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}