{"product_id":"nightjar-stories-9780812994025","title":"Nightjar: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning author of the national bestseller \u003ci\u003eIdaho\u003c\/i\u003e comes a \"stunning collection\" (\u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e) of stories that explore how unexpected intuitions forever alter the lives of ordinary people.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"These are marvelous and unsettling stories.\"--Kelly Link, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In clear and distinctive prose, Emily Ruskovich evokes the epic scope of quiet lives.\"--Paula Hawkins, author of \u003ci\u003eA Slow Fire Burning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFive years after moving into the isolated house in rural Oregon where her husband lived as a child, the protagonist of \"Victor's Room\" begins to doubt her husband's account of his family's past. In \"Round Lake,\" a young woman's plans to meet a lover in Tokyo are upended when she learns a startling truth about her mother's death. In \"Owl,\" winner of an O. Henry Award, a fur trapper reckons with the dreadful origins of his marriage after his wife is brutally injured by four adolescent boys. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHaunting and psychologically provocative, and set against the vivid backdrop of the Pacific Northwest, \u003ci\u003eNightjar\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the secret, instinctive knowledge that lies just under the surface of our awareness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emily Ruskovich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.42h x 5.72w x 0.98d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812994025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmily Ruskovich \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eIdaho, \u003c\/i\u003e which won the International Dublin Literary Award, only the fourth American novel ever to do so. Ruskovich is also the recipient of the Pacific Northwest Book Award and an O. Henry Prize. Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The Paris Review, The Guardian, One Story, Zoetrope, The Virginia Quarterly Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. She grew up in the Idaho panhandle, and lives now in the mountains of western Montana with her husband and their three young children. \u003ci\u003eNightjar\u003c\/i\u003e is her second book.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Emily Ruskovich \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48641346371741,"sku":"9780812994025","price":34.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_1621ae16-57e3-4ced-92d8-99461cdd3991.jpg?v=1784107274","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/nightjar-stories-9780812994025","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}