{"product_id":"leaving-the-land-9780803295605","title":"Leaving the Land","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresents a portrait of a small South Dakota farming community whose colorful folk traditions and way of life are destroyed by corporate agribusiness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This fine first novel courts comparison with Willa Cather’s . . . O Pioneers! But there is a big difference, since O Pioneers! . . . is about beginnings, while Leaving the Land is, sadly and disturbingly, about endings. It shows family farming giving way to corporate farming and agribusiness. . . . Marge [Hogan] has character, which is probably not inheritable. It is a rare commodity in modern novels.”—\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Nothing can now reverse the decline of the way of life Unger describes, but his beautiful and haunting book is at least a worthy monument to it.”—\u003ci\u003e[London] Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Douglas Unger’s first novel is one of [the] year’s best. . . . He’s made a powerful debut.”—\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An unusually mature first novel, as unsentimental as its unlucky heroine, but filled with a sly affection for unwitting victims.”—\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Leaving the Land will win prizes. Or ought to. It is loving and tough and so honest it makes your teeth rattle. . . . An outstanding book about who we are.”—\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A vivid and memorable portrait of a small South Dakota farming community whose colorful folk traditions and way of life are destroyed by corporate agribusiness. The power of the book rests on it realistic characters. . . . Unger’s language is spare and clean—his prose often as stark as the land he describes.”—\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Examiner-Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An affecting, grittily realistic tale that moves to the steady, compelling rhythm of the changing seasons.”—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"MQ - University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038186864983,"sku":"9780803295605","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780803295605.jpg?v=1750939406","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/leaving-the-land-9780803295605","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}