{"product_id":"aransas-9780292758148","title":"Aransas","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA critically acclaimed debut novel first published in 1980, Aransas recounts a young man's attempt to find his place in the world as he navigates the moral dilemma of training an exquisitely conscious being to perform in a seaside dolphin circus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA resonant first novel. Beneath its genial surface, allusive undercurrents tug. * New York Times Book Review *\u003cbr\u003eThe sureness and poise of this first novel are as remarkable as the sharpness, oddity, and clarity of its feelings . . . \u003ci\u003eAransas\u003c\/i\u003e is an elegant debut. * Newsweek *\u003cbr\u003eHarrigan’s eye for locale and its effect is superb. * Washington Post Book World *\u003cbr\u003eHarrigan . . . has a sharp eye for observing man, beast, seashore, and town in a vividly drawn setting. * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003eAn ardent and elegant book, beautiful in its language, mature in its perceptions, noble in its sentiments. * San Francisco Chronicle *\u003cbr\u003eA sensitive, enormously evocative first novel in a spare but warm prose style that immerses us in atmosphere as insistently as it does the plot . . . Harrigan is a splendid novelist. * Houston Post *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAransas\u003c\/i\u003e has several surprises, including dramatic suspense, counterculture revisionism, and what must be considered dolphin revisionism. More, Harrigan has written an acute American regional novel. * Village Voice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e14\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e15\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfterword\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400877252951,"sku":"9780292758148","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780292758148.jpg?v=1730471816","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/aransas-9780292758148","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}