{"product_id":"an-amateurs-guide-to-the-night-stories-9781640090897","title":"An Amateur's Guide to the Night: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Mary Robison's short stories are short, subtle, and substantial. . . Her ironic sense of detail bursts from every sentence.\" --\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eAn Amateur's Guide to the Night\u003c\/i\u003e stands as a perfect example of Mary Robison's beloved narrative style: purposeful, clipped, and devastating in its restraint. Reflecting on the life of disaffected youth, these stories speculate on how they often manage to remain deferent towards the rest of society--and document how spectacularly they often fail. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"These thirteen stories are glimpses from a moving train into lit parlors, dinettes, bedrooms and dens. . . Think of Robison as the engineer, blowing the whistle, calling the stops and starts; invisible when you want to ask her why we're stalled here in the middle of nowhere, between stations, jobs, relationships and decisions.\" --\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/12\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640090897\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Mary Robison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36663887626396,"sku":"9781640090897","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_819d051e-697b-4485-aac1-5f74363cab28.jpg?v=1603905299","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/an-amateurs-guide-to-the-night-stories-9781640090897","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}