{"product_id":"ghost-pains-paperback","title":"Ghost Pains - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJessi Jezewska Stevens\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of LitHub, Bookshop.org and i-D's most anticipated books of 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith her novels \u003ci\u003eThe Exhibition of Persephone Q\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Visitors\u003c\/i\u003e, Jessi Jezewska Stevens has proven herself as our preeminent purveyor of comical, techno-millenarian unease. Now, with this first collection of her acclaimed short fiction--originally appearing in such venues as \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e--some of her very best work is at last readily available to readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStevens's women throw disastrous parties in the post-party era, flirt through landscapes of terror and war, and find themselves unrecognizable after waking up with old flames in new cities. They navigate the labyrinths of history, love, and ethics in a fractured American present, seeing first-hand how history influences the ways in which we care for--or neglect--one another. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith each story exemplifying Stevens's ability to examine the big questions through the microscope of a shambolic human perspective, \u003ci\u003eGhost Pains\u003c\/i\u003e is a triumphant statement of purpose from one of our greatest young writer-thinkers.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJessi Jezewska Stevens is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Exhibition of Persephone Q\u003c\/i\u003e (2020), \u003ci\u003eThe Visitors\u003c\/i\u003e (2022) and the story collection Ghost Pains (2024). Her stories and essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForeign Policy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. She holds a BA in Mathematics from Middlebury College and an MFA from Columbia University. She lives in New York and Geneva.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.7 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 05, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41730899443847,"sku":"9781913505844","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/ecec8ddc670105ffd1b7a37b9f079179.webp?v=1734094981","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/ghost-pains-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}