{"product_id":"see-through-stories-paperback","title":"See Through: 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\u003eNelly Reifler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy turns electrifying and haunting, the stories in Nelly Reifler's debut collection, now available in paperback, imagine a world where the emotional logic of dreams and childhood fantasies rules our actions. In the title story, an educated young woman sits behind the glass of a talk booth in a peep show and becomes a different girl for each man who visits. \"The Splinter\" posits a thorn in a little girl's scalp as the physical locus for a father's wrenching grief and helplessness following his wife's desertion. In \"Teeny,\" an awkward, pubescent girl can't bring herself to perform the simple task of feeding the vacationing neighbors' cats. In \"Baby,\" an infant asks his mother existential questions that are impossible to answer. Exploring her characters' psyches with the precision of an anthropologist, Reifler illuminates physical urges, crippling fears, stark isolation, and overwhelming, often transgressive desires. Through it all, the author plumbs the deep chasm between expectation and reality with boundless hope, warmth, and wisdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNelly Reifler\u003c\/b\u003e has published stories in magazines such as \u003ci\u003eBomb, Black Book, Post Road, Exquisite Corpse, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Florida Review, \u003c\/i\u003e as well as the anthologies \u003ci\u003e110 Stories: New York Writes After September 11\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLost Tribe: Jewish Fiction from the Edge.\u003c\/i\u003e A Rotunda Gallery grant recipient and MacDowell Fellow, she received the Henfield Prize for two of the stories in this collection. Her plays have been performed in the United States and Australia, and she currently teaches at Sarah Lawrence College. She lives in Brookly\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 19, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45768350335111,"sku":"9780743261500","price":16.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/ACep15PMOx9780743261500.webp?v=1788544213","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/see-through-stories-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}