{"product_id":"catapult-stories-paperback","title":"Catapult: Stories - 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\u003eEmily Fridlund\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBen Marcus\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eBen Marcus\u003c\/b\u003e (Notes by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFridlund writes of families, marriage, and childhood as if our received wisdom--what we thought we knew about life and love and family--needs reparation. This is fiction as excavation, peeling away the machinery of people and converting it to narrative. Fridlund shines a spotlight on what gets hidden and unreported, and the result can be overwhelming--cutting and funny and filled with difficult truth. --Ben Marcus, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Flame Alphabet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFridlund has already proven herself to be a singular talent. --NPR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelected by Ben Marcus as winner of the Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction, \u003ci\u003eCatapult\u003c\/i\u003e follows Emily Fridlund's acclaimed debut novel \u003ci\u003eHistory of Wolves\u003c\/i\u003e. Sometimes calculating, at other times bewildered, \u003ci\u003eCatapult\u003c\/i\u003e's characters orbit around each other, enacting a deeply human tragicomedy of wit, misunderstanding, and loss. With dexterous, atmospheric, and darkly comic prose, Fridlund conjures worlds where longing is open-ended, intentions misfire, and the line between comfort and cruelty is often difficult to discern. This is a gripping collection, unsettling as much in its familiarity as in its near-gothic strangeness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmily Fridlund\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in Minnesota and currently resides in the Finger Lakes region of New York. Her fiction has appeared in a variety of journals, including \u003ci\u003eBoston Review, Zyzzyva, Five Chapters, New Orleans Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. Fridlund's first novel, \u003ci\u003eHistory of Wolves\u003c\/i\u003e (Atlantic Monthly Press), was a Barnes \u0026amp; Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection and a #1 Indie Next pick.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmily Fridlund: Emily Fridlund's first novel, \u003ci\u003eHistory of Wolves\u003c\/i\u003e (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2017), was a Barnes \u0026amp; Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection and a #1 Indie Next Pick. Fridlund grew up in Minnesota and currently resides in the Finger Lakes region of New York. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBen Marcus: Ben Marcus is the author of four books of fiction, most recently \u003ci\u003eLeaving the Sea: Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (Knopf, 2014). His stories, essays, and reviews have appeared in \u003ci\u003eHarper's, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Granta, The New York Times, GQ, Salon, Time, Conjunctions\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 10, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47248761225465,"sku":"9781946448057","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/OU9LUmpnVkVhT2Z5Umh3cnVXUldvdz09.webp?v=1768640947","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/catapult-stories-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}