{"id":3732,"date":"2025-10-26T12:31:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T12:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackinkbookstore.co.ke\/wp\/product\/great-american-short-stories-introduction-by-jane-smiley\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T12:31:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T12:31:19","slug":"great-american-short-stories-introduction-by-jane-smiley","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/blackinkbookstore.co.ke\/wp\/product\/great-american-short-stories-introduction-by-jane-smiley\/","title":{"rendered":"Great American Short Stories Introduction by Jane Smiley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong data-start=\"1102\" data-end=\"1112\">Title:<\/strong> Great American Short Stories<br data-start=\"1141\" data-end=\"1144\"><br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"1144\" data-end=\"1168\">Editor\/Introduction:<\/strong> Jane Smiley<br data-start=\"1180\" data-end=\"1183\"><br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"1183\" data-end=\"1194\">Format:<\/strong> Compact Hardcover<br data-start=\"1212\" data-end=\"1215\"><br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"1215\" data-end=\"1225\">Genre:<\/strong> Classic Literature<br data-start=\"1244\" data-end=\"1247\"><br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"1247\" data-end=\"1260\">Language:<\/strong> English<br data-start=\"1268\" data-end=\"1271\"><br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"1271\" data-end=\"1285\">Publisher:<\/strong> Barnes &amp; Noble Signature Editions<br data-start=\"1319\" data-end=\"1322\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"1322\" data-end=\"1343\">Publication Year:<\/strong> 2008<br data-start=\"1348\" data-end=\"1351\"><br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"1351\" data-end=\"1361\">Pages:<\/strong> 400<br data-start=\"1365\" data-end=\"1368\"><br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"1368\" data-end=\"1383\">Dimensions:<\/strong> 21 \u00d7 14 \u00d7 3.5 cm<br data-start=\"1400\" data-end=\"1403\"><br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"1403\" data-end=\"1414\">Weight:<\/strong> 0.55 kg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"420\" data-end=\"876\">A collection that defines the American voice \u2014 from the quiet realism of the 19th century to the modern tension of the 20th. This anthology gathers masterful short fiction by writers such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Kate Chopin, Willa Cather, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and many more. Each story captures a distinct moment in the evolving spirit of America \u2014 its dreams, its disillusionments, and its enduring search for meaning.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"878\" data-end=\"1072\">With an insightful introduction by Pulitzer Prize\u2013winning author Jane Smiley, this volume honors the richness and diversity of American storytelling in a beautifully bound collector\u2019s edition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_joinchat":[]},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[284],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3732","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-classic-literature","7":"product_shipping_class-light-package","8":"pa_format-hardcover","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"taxable","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackinkbookstore.co.ke\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/3732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackinkbookstore.co.ke\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackinkbookstore.co.ke\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackinkbookstore.co.ke\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackinkbookstore.co.ke\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackinkbookstore.co.ke\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackinkbookstore.co.ke\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=3732"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackinkbookstore.co.ke\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3732"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackinkbookstore.co.ke\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}