{"product_id":"likes-paperback","title":"Likes - 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\u003eSarah Shun-Lien Bynum\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, The New York Public Library, \u003ci\u003ePopMatters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Finalist for the\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize and the Story Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNational Book Award finalist Sarah Shun-lien Bynum's highly anticipated return weaves together like and unlike, mythic and modern\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn nine stories that range from the real to the unreal, strange to familiar, funny to frightening, Sarah Shun-lien Bynum reminds us why her wildly original debut, \u003ci\u003eMadeleine Is Sleeping\u003c\/i\u003e, and her masterful \u003ci\u003eMs. Hempel Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e have become contemporary classics--celebrated and beloved. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a nimble dance of lightness and gravity, \u003ci\u003eLikes\u003c\/i\u003e explores the full range and contradictions of our contemporary moment. Through unexpected visitors, Waldorf school fairs, aging indie-film stars, the struggle to gain a foothold in the capitalist shell-game of work, the Instagram posts of a twelve-year-old--these stories of friendship and parenthood, celebrity and obsession, race and class and the passage of time, form an engrossing collection that is both otherworldly and suffused with the deceitful humdrum of everyday life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor readers of Joy Williams, George Saunders, Lauren Groff, and Deborah Eisenberg, \u003ci\u003eLikes \u003c\/i\u003ehelps us see into our unacknowledged desires and, in quick, artful, nearly invisible cuts, exposes the roots of our abiding terrors and delights.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah Shun-lien Bynum is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eMs. Hempel Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the PEN\/Faulkner Award, and \u003ci\u003eMadeleine Is Sleeping\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize. Her fiction has appeared in many magazines and anthologies, including the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories, \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eO. Henry Prize Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. The recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award and an NEA Fellowship, she was named one of \"20 Under 40\" fiction writers by the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 7.54 x 5.09 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 07, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47251324240121,"sku":"9781250800114","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/UTZaQXAzWHV6aUgzVlFEdFROcXA1QT09.webp?v=1768673537","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/likes-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}