{"product_id":"9780771094293","title":"Lives of Short Duration","description":"By: David Adams Richards   | Series: New Canadian Library \u003chr\u003eThe Terris are engaging people, but they are a family in collapse. Alcoholism, drugs, and loveless sex have reduced them to a petty and wasted bunch. Worse, they typify aspects of the larger community besieged by financial woes and by creeping economic and cultural Americanization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat David Adams Richards accomplishes is no mean feat: his characters are at times vicious, sleazy, and even outright dim, yet he manages to entitle them to the interest and sympathy of the reader.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEven more now than at its first publication in 1981, \u003ci\u003eLives of Short Duration\u003c\/i\u003e’s sharp, essential insights have significance for readers seeking to understand the modern Canadian predicament.","brand":"New Canadian Library","offers":[{"title":"CA - Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":46757330190563,"sku":"DTRPRUS-9780771094293","price":118.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/9780771094293.jpg?v=1751015631","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/en-mo\/products\/9780771094293","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}