{"product_id":"bluestone-folklore-paperback","title":"Bluestone Folklore - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTimothy Stoddard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if the world is too blinded by dogma to recognize the divine presence right in front of its eyes?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the isolation of the Bluestone Woodland, all life pivots around an ancient apple tree. The human world across the river is deeply obsessed with fixed, unyielding religious ideas-indifferent to the subtle, living currents of the natural world. When a white-faced yearling named Saint is born into the herd during a time of looming darkness, her presence begins to alter the spiritual fabric of the forest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a violent local campaign called \"Thin the Herd\" escalates, the lines of grace and survival collide. Moving between the perspectives of the deer clan, a reclusive painter prophetic in his grief, his friend, the Woman, and the Man with the Crooked Finger-a hunter across the river-this hauntingly poetic, dark pastoral narrative unfolds. Timothy Stoddard's masterful debut, Bluestone Folklore, is a radical, subversive critique of spiritual blindness, exploring the visceral boundaries between nature, trauma, and a rewilded mysticism that refuses to be tamed by human hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect for readers of Jeff VanderMeer, Barbara Kingsolver, and high-concept, transgressive literary fiction, \u003cem\u003eBluestone Folklore\u003c\/em\u003e challenges everything you think you know about sacrifice, survival, and the true face of the sacred.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 246\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 29, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67879147176026,"sku":"9798988435136","price":18.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/6698\/3258\/files\/aSVZjOLyIA9798988435136.webp?v=1793231759","url":"https:\/\/preppypeacock.myshopify.com\/products\/bluestone-folklore-paperback","provider":"Preppy Peacock","version":"1.0","type":"link"}