{"product_id":"the-stonemason-a-play-in-five-acts-9780679762805","title":"The Stonemason: A Play in Five Acts","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Passenger \u003c\/i\u003eand the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel \u003ci\u003eThe Road \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a taut, expansively imagined drama about four generations of an American family.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe setting is Louisville, Kentucky, in the 1970s. The Telfairs are stonemasons and have been for generations. Ben Telfair has given up his education to apprentice himself to his grandfather, Papaw, a man who knows that \"true masonry is not held together by cement but...by the warp of the world.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOut of the love that binds these two men and the gulf that separates them from the Telfairs who have forsaken\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eor dishonored\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003ethe family trade, Cormac McCarthy has crafted a drama that bears all the hallmarks of his great fiction: precise observation of the physical world; language that has the bite of common speech and the force of Biblical prose; and a breathtaking command of the art of storytelling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cormac McCarthy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.03h x 5.29w x 0.38d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679762805\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe novels of the American writer, Cormac McCarthy, have received a number of literary awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. His works adapted to film include \u003ci\u003eAll the Pretty Horses, The Road, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNo Country for Old Men--\u003c\/i\u003ethe latter film receiving four Academy Awards, including the award for Best Picture\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eHe died in 2023.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Cormac McCarthy \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47712274448541,"sku":"9780679762805","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_97075c6b-b144-437a-afdf-881580661f16.jpg?v=1773172420","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-stonemason-a-play-in-five-acts-9780679762805","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}