{"product_id":"country-people-daniel-mason","title":"Country People - Daniel Mason","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Mason\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Piano Tuner, The Winter Soldier, A Registry of My Passage upon the Earth--\u003c\/i\u003ea finalist for the Pulitzer Prize--and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorth Woods,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ea\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eTop Ten Book of 2023 and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His work has been translated into twenty-eight languages, adapted for opera and the stage, and awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Joyce Carol Oates Prize, and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. He is an associate professor in the Stanford University department of psychiatry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReading Line\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003eNew York Times bestselling author of North Woods\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\"Charming . . . a prescription for summer amusement that takes immediate effect. . . . lovely if occasionally confounding company, like going in and out of a thick mist. . . . the prose of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCountry People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eflows like a babbling brook . . . There's so much fine, freewheeling observation and pillowy erudition here, it's tempting just to sink in.\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The surface structures in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCountry People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e may be sugar-spun, but the novel's foundations are solid, and its roots--the tangled and interconnected web of stories that gave rise to its new stories--are deliciously deep. The esoteric is counterbalanced by the mundane; family life is judged as worthy of investigation as underground caverns; and the whole thing is delivered in prose so witty and gorgeous that it calls to mind Nabokov's comic masterpiece Pnin, surely another of the book's literary antecedents. This is, put simply, a joyful book--and the deeper you dig, the more joyful it becomes.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Satirical but big-hearted and empathetic. . . . Mason is a lively, fluid writer; here he glides smoothly between present and past, myth and everyday detail, skepticism and credulity. He has fun with his characters without making fun of them. . . . It is simply put, very funny. . . . Reading \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCountry People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in public I kept having to muffle my LOLs. That's never a bad sign. The affection that Mason clearly feels for Miles and his brood is infectious.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Delightful . . . joy-making . . . one of our country's most gifted novelists, Mason has spun a yarn about parenthood and marriage, storytelling and imagination.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBookpage\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"My favorite of the year: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCountry People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. . . . has the bright ease of visiting a good old friend. . . . one of those books where nothing happens, and yet everything does.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The humor--dry, humane, occasionally absurd--is ever-present . . . a cast of small-town figures whose quirks are rendered with generosity rather than satire.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Mason has fun exploring marriage, friendship, parenthood and the beguiling allure of storytelling and fantasy in this upbeat romp.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e--NPR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A lively cast of local characters.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Wonderful--full of joy--and exactly the kind of reading experience we could all do with right now . . . the book of the summer.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Mick Herron, bestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSlow Horses\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGOOD MORNING AMERICA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBOOK CLUB PICK -\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBESTSELLER - A year in the life of a family as they strike out into the unknown (aka Vermont)--a \"witty and gorgeous\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e) novel from Pulitzer Prize finalist Daniel Mason, the bestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorth Woods\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Charming . . . a prescription for summer amusement that takes immediate effect . . . There's so much fine, freewheeling observation and pillowy erudition here, it's tempting just to sink in.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMiles Krzelewski is a devoted husband, a doting father beloved for his outlandish bedtime stories, and the proud owner of a truffle-hunting dog in a land with no truffles. He is also a bit lost, twelve years late with his PhD on Russian folktales and increasingly haunted by a sense that he's become a disappointment to his family. So when his wife, Kate, accepts a visiting professorship at a prestigious college in the faraway forests of Vermont, he decides that this will be the year to finally move forward with his life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut Miles is a man of many enthusiasms, one who possesses, in Kate's words, a great capacity \"to fall in with anyone, anywhere.\" And no sooner does he arrive than he finds himself entangled with a cast of characters as colorful as those of any of his folktales, from a ghostly tree surgeon to a scythe-mad biochemist, from a Shakespearean temptress to a photographer of snowflakes obsessed with chronicling, on thousands of index cards, the world's delusions in an Inventory of Wrong Ideas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe new friends, the enchanted woods, the histories: sure, no PhD, but all good fun. Until Miles stumbles upon a bizarre--perhaps ridiculous--local legend, which, he soon suspects, might not be just a legend after all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJoyous, absurd, and life-affirming, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCountry People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a luminous exploration of marriage and parenthood, the nature of belief and the power of stories, and the ways in which we find connection in an increasingly fragmented world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/01\/2026 pg. 114 (EAN 9798217197453, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/01\/2026 (EAN 9798217197453, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/01\/2026 (EAN 9798217197453, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 08\/03\/2026 (EAN 9798217197453, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Ingram Content Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47780803608754,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0650\/5339\/3074\/files\/Country_People_-_Daniel_Mason.png?v=1785531002","url":"https:\/\/margoboutique.com\/products\/country-people-daniel-mason","provider":"Margo Boutique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}