{"product_id":"pure-hollywood-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"Pure Hollywood: 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\u003eChristine Schutt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePure Hollywood \u003c\/i\u003eis pure gold.\"--Ottessa Moshfegh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe sensational new story collection from one of our sharpest, most original, and daringly cinematic stylists, National Book Award finalist and O Henry Prize winner Christine Schutt. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn one eponymous novella and ten stories, \u003ci\u003ePure Hollywood\u003c\/i\u003e brings us into private worlds of corrupt familial love, intimacy, longing, and danger. From an alcoholic widowed actress living in desert seclusion to a young mother whose rejection of her child has terrible consequences, from a newlywed couple who ignore the violent warnings of a painter burned by love to an eerie portrait of erotic obsession, each story is an imagistic snapshot of what it means to live and learn, love and hurt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith \u003ci\u003ePure Hollywood\u003c\/i\u003e Christine Schutt gives us sharply suspenseful and masterfully dark interior portraits of ordinary lives, infused with her signature observation and surprise. Timeless, incisive, and precise, these tales are a rush of blood to the head, portals through which we open our eyes and see the world anew. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHRISTINE SCHUTT\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two collections of stories, \u003ci\u003eNightwork\u003ci\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Day, A Night, Another Day, Summer\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eProsperous Friends\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFlorida\u003c\/i\u003e, a National Book Award finalist, and \u003ci\u003eAll Souls\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.2 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 19, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47228869542137,"sku":"9780802129222","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/bGlKdTRNdDRkMzlEa0xmdzd0dHBtUT09.webp?v=1768296503","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/pure-hollywood-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}