{"product_id":"believe-them-stories-paperback","title":"Believe Them: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary Robison\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Robison uses a minimalist discipline and barely ruffled surfaces, but her hidden pictures of childhood and other states of vulnerability are boundless in their emotion.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe eleven stories in \u003ci\u003eBelieve Them\u003c\/i\u003e, most of which first appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, depict Mary Robison's sly, scatty world of plotters, absconders, ponderers, and pontificators. Robison's take on her characters is sharp, cool, astringently ironic, and her language vibrates with edginess and nerve. With what John Barth has called her \"\"enigmatic superrealism,\"\" Robison flashes entire lives by us in small, stunning moments--odd, skewed outtakes from real life. \u003ci\u003eBelieve Them\u003c\/i\u003e confirms Mary Robison's place as one of America's most original writers.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Robison\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Washington, D.C. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, two Pushcart Prizes, an O. Henry Award, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize for Fiction, and the 2018 Arts and Letters Award in Literature. She is the author of four novels and four story collections. She lives in Gainesville, Florida.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 09, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42095589884039,"sku":"9781640091887","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/2c56c2458fb7bbd8b812d4ab1498f1c0.webp?v=1732332995","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/believe-them-stories-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}