{"product_id":"success-stories","title":"Success Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eSucess Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, an exceptionally varied yet coherent collection, Russell Banks proves himself one of the most astute and forceful writers in America today.  \u003cem\u003eQueen for a Day, Success Story,\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAdultery\u003c\/em\u003e trace fortunes of the Painter family in there pursuit of and retreat from the American dream.  Banks also explores the ethos of rampant materialism in a group of contemporary moral fables.  \u003cem\u003eThe Fish\u003c\/em\u003e is an evocating parable of faith and greed set in a Southeast Asian village, \u003cem\u003eThe Gully\u003c\/em\u003e tells of the profitability of violence and the ironies of upward mobility in a Latin American shantytown,  and \u003cem\u003eChrildren's Story\u003c\/em\u003e explores the repressed rage that boils beneath the surface of relationships between parents and children and between citizens of the first and third worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Russell Banks","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":55253202731299,"sku":"9780060927196","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/2258\/5123\/files\/9780060927196.jpg?v=1781814830","url":"https:\/\/epicreads.com\/products\/success-stories","provider":"Epic Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}