{"product_id":"other-minds-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"Other Minds and Other 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\u003eBennett Sims\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eA Questionable Shape\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhite Dialogues\u003c\/i\u003e, a brilliant, anxious, and hilarious new collection.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA man lends his phone to a stranger in the mall, setting off an uncanny series of Unknown calls that come to haunt his relationship with jealousy and dread. A well-meaning locavore tries to butcher his backyard chickens humanely, only to find himself absorbed into the absurd violence of the pecking order. A student applying for a philosophy fellowship struggles to project himself into the thoughts of his hypothetical judges, becoming increasingly possessed and overpowered by the problem of other minds. And in \"The Postcard,\" a private detective is hired to investigate a posthumous message that a widower has seemingly received from his dead wife, leading him into a foggy landscape of lost memories, shifting identities, and strange doublings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCerebral and eerie, captivating and profound, these twelve stories expertly guide us through the paranoia and obsession of everyday horrors, not least the horrors of overthinking what other people might be thinking. With all of Sims's trademark virtuosity, innovation, and wit, \u003ci\u003eOther Minds and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e continues to expand the possibilities of contemporary fiction.\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 202\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.5 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 14, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47255351591161,"sku":"9781953387356","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/8VNoboCa589781953387356.webp?v=1768721375","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/other-minds-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}