{"product_id":"orientation-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"Orientation and Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaniel Orozco\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBreakfast's boiled egg, the overhead hum of fluorescent lights, the midmorning coffee break--daily routines keep the world running. But when people are pushed--by a coworker's taunt, a face-to-face encounter with a woman in free fall from a bridge--cracks appear, revealing alienation, casual cruelty, madness, and above all a simultaneous hunger for and fear of the unknown. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDaniel Orozco leads the reader through the hidden lives and moral philosophies of bridge painters, men housebound by obesity, office temps, and warehouse workers. He reveals the secret pleasures of late-night supermarket trips for cookie binges, exceptional data entry, and an exiled dictator's occasional piss on the U.S. embassy. A love affair blooms between two officers in the impartially worded pages of a police blotter; a new employee's first-day office tour includes descriptions of other workers' most private thoughts and actions; during an earthquake, the consciousness of the entire state of California shakes free for examination. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrientation \u003c\/i\u003eintroduces a writer at the height of his powers, whose work surely invites us to reassess the landscape of American fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrientation\u003c\/i\u003e is a Kirkus Reviews Best of 2011 Short Story Collections title.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Orozco's\u003c\/b\u003e stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest American \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMystery Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Pushcart Prize anthology, as well as in \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eZoetrope: All-Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEcotone\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eStory-Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e. He was awarded a 2006 NEA Fellowship and was a finalist for a 2006 National Magazine Award. A former Stegner Fellow and Jones Lecturer at Stanford, he teaches creative writing at the University of Idaho.\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 0.48 x 8.28 x 5.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 22, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130022137991,"sku":"9780865478718","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/4bc50ffbe15210f794a5098d3226870e.webp?v=1732607634","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/orientation-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}