{"product_id":"winesburg-ohio-9781454971139","title":"Winesburg, Ohio","description":"\u003cb\u003eA foundational work of American Modernist literature, \u003ci\u003eWinesburg, Ohio\u003c\/i\u003e is an interconnected collection of short stories following life and repression in a small town alongside a young man's coming of age, now freshly repackaged for the Union Square \u0026amp; Co. Signature Classics Line.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Set in and named after the fictionalized town of Winesburg, Ohio, Sherwood Anderson's 1919 collection of interconnected short stories served as a foundational work of American Modernist literature. Based loosely on the author's childhood in Ohio, the work is structured around the life and coming-of-age of its protagonist, George Willard, following him from childhood to independence, when he eventually chooses to abandon the town as a young man. The collection depicts the fraught reality of a small Midwestern town, and at its time, it was highly controversial for its daring portrayal of sexual freedom and rejection of conventional restraints. Anderson's work had a profound impact on American literature, influencing renowned writers such as Hemingway and Faulkner. The poet Hart Crane praised how \"\u003ci\u003eWinesburg, Ohio\u003c\/i\u003e, when it first appeared, kept me up a whole night in a steady crescendo of emotion.\"","brand":"Union Square \u0026 Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47564503515314,"sku":"9781454971139","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0536\/7418\/0786\/files\/O_9a83d3c2-5619-4fb6-ae24-df8b3d5f1e76.jpg?v=1785297926","url":"https:\/\/shop.hachettebookgroup.com\/products\/winesburg-ohio-9781454971139","provider":"Hachette Book Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}