{"product_id":"creature-paperback-5","title":"Creature - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmina Cain\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Amina Cain is a beautiful writer. Like the girl in the rearview mirror in your backseat, quiet, looking out the window half smiling, then not, then glancing at you, curious to her. That is how her thoughts and words make me feel, like clouds hanging with jets, and knowing love is pure.\" --Thurston Moore \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Amina Cain's \u003ci\u003eCreature\u003c\/i\u003e brings together short fictions set in the space between action and reflection, edging at times toward the quiet and contemplative, at other times toward the grotesque or unsettling. Like the women in Jane Bowles's work, Cain's narrators seem always slightly displaced in the midst of their own experiences, carefully observing the effects of themselves on their surroundings and of their surroundings on themselves. Other literary precursors might include Raymond Carver and John Cage, with Carver's lucid prose and instinct for the potency of small gestures and Cage's ability to return the modern world to elementary principles. These stories offer not just a unique voice but a unique narrative space, a distinct and dramatic rendering of being-in-the-world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmina Cain\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two collections of stories, \u003ci\u003eCreature\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eI Go To Some Hollow\u003c\/i\u003e (Les Figues, 2009), as well as a novel, \u003ci\u003eIndelicacy\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG, 2020). Her writing has appeared in numerous publications, including \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review Daily\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003en+1\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBOMB\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFull Stop\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Believer Logger\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives and works in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 6.9 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42151205994631,"sku":"9780984469383","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/adc365a4fb882833d44c7fe0214bbeff.webp?v=1733205336","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/creature-paperback-5","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}