{"product_id":"the-odditorium","title":"The Odditorium","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melissa Pritchard\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e The Odditorium\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 254\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2011\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A writer at the height of her powers.\" -\u003cb\u003eOprah.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn each of these eight lyrical and baroque tales, Melissa Pritchard transports readers into spine-tingling milieus that range from the astounding realm of Robert LeRoy Ripley's \"odditoriums\" to the courtyard where Edgar Allan Poe once played as a child. Whether she is setting the famed figures of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, including Annie Oakley and Sitting Bull, against the real, genocidal history of the American West, or contrasting the luxurious hotel where British writer Somerset Maugham stayed with the modern-day brothels of India, her stories illuminate the many ways history and architecture exert powerful forces upon human consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMelissa Pritchard\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003ePalmerino\u003c\/i\u003e, the short story collection \u003ci\u003eThe Odditorium\u003c\/i\u003e, and the essay collection \u003ci\u003eA Solemn Pleasure: To Imagine, Witness, and Write\u003c\/i\u003e, among other books. Emeritus Professor of English and Women's Studies at Arizona State University, she now lives in Columbus, Georgia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781934137376\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e Height: 8.2 Inches, Length: 5.4 Inches, Weight: 0.65697754076 Pounds, Width: 0.8 Inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e en\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melissa Pritchard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53794836513075,"sku":"9781934137376","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/3636\/7411\/files\/17441723482876.jpg?v=1785905854","url":"https:\/\/bookabaloo.com\/products\/the-odditorium","provider":"Bookabaloo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}