{"product_id":"shadow-country-by-peter-matthiessen","title":"Shadow Country by Peter Matthiessen","description":"\u003cp\u003eISBN: \u003cspan\u003e9780812980622\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eModern Library, December 2008\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e912 pages, Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER •  “Altogether gripping, shocking, and brilliantly told, not just a tour de force in its stylistic range, but a great American novel, as powerful a reading experience as nearly any in our literature.”—Michael Dirda, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKilling Mister Watson, Lost Man’s River, and Bone by Bone—Peter Matthiessen’s great American epic about Everglades sugar planter and notorious outlaw E. J. Watson on the wild Florida frontier at the turn of the twentieth century—were originally conceived as one vast, mysterious novel. Now, in this bold new rendering, Matthiessen has marvelously distilled a monumental work while deepening the insights and motivations of his characters with brilliant rewriting throughout. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eShadow Country\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Magnificent . . . breathtaking . . . Finally now we have [this three-part saga] welded like a bell, and with Watson’s song the last sound, all the elements fuse and resonate.”\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Peter Matthiessen has done great things with the Watson trilogy. It’s the story of our continent, both land and people, and his writing does every justice to the blood fury of his themes.”\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e—Don DeLillo\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “The fiction of Peter Ma­­tthiessen is the reason a lot of people in my generation decided to be writers. No doubt about it. \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eShadow Country\u003c\/span\u003e lives up to anyone’s highest expectations for great writing.” \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e—Richard Ford \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eShadow Country\u003c\/span\u003e, Matthiessen’s distillation of the earlier Watson saga, represents his original vision. It is the quintessence of his lifelong concerns, and a great legacy.”\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e—W. S. Merwin \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[An] epic masterpiece . . . a great American novel.”\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Miami Herald\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"I H Pentz Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47515715240098,"sku":null,"price":200.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0364\/4047\/3732\/files\/412REU581rL._SY445_SX342_FMwebp.webp?v=1786610252","url":"https:\/\/pentzbooks.co.za\/products\/shadow-country-by-peter-matthiessen","provider":"I H Pentz Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}