{"product_id":"a-questionable-shape-paperback","title":"A Questionable Shape - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBennett Sims\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCarmen Maria Machado\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMazoch discovers an unreturned movie envelope, smashed windows, and a pool of blood in his father's house: the man has gone missing. So he creates a list of his father's haunts and asks Vermaelen to help track him down. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHowever, hurricane season looms over Baton Rouge, threatening to wipe out any undead not already contained and eliminate all hope of ever finding Mazoch's father. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBennett Sims turns typical zombie fare on its head to deliver a wise and philosophical rumination on the nature of memory and loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBennett Sims\u003c\/b\u003e was born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He is the author of the story collection \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eOther Minds and Other Stories\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (2023), the novel \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Questionable Shape\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (2013), which received the Bard Fiction Prize and was a finalist for \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e Book Award, and the story collection \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhite Dialogues\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (2017), winner of the Rome Prize for Literature 2018-19 and named a best book of 2017 by \u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a recipient of a Michener-Copernicus Society Fellowship. His fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eA Public Space\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConjunctions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Electric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Tin House\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eZoetrope: All-Story\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as in the \u003ci\u003ePushcart Prize Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e. He has taught at Bard College, Grinnell College, and the Iowa Writers' Workshop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 242\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 12, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47256121311481,"sku":"9781953387493","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ce2M1aQdOs9781953387493.webp?v=1768731030","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/a-questionable-shape-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}