{"product_id":"believe-them-stories-9781640091887","title":"Believe Them: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Robison uses a minimalist discipline and barely ruffled surfaces, but her hidden pictures of childhood and other states of vulnerability are boundless in their emotion.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The eleven stories in \u003ci\u003eBelieve Them\u003c\/i\u003e, most of which first appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, depict Mary Robison's sly, scatty world of plotters, absconders, ponderers, and pontificators. Robison's take on her characters is sharp, cool, astringently ironic, and her language vibrates with edginess and nerve. With what John Barth has called her \"enigmatic superrealism,\" Robison flashes entire lives by us in small, stunning moments--odd, skewed outtakes from real life. \u003ci\u003eBelieve Them\u003c\/i\u003e confirms Mary Robison's place as one of America's most original writers.\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 04\/09\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640091887\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 4.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Mary Robison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38014505386165,"sku":"9781640091887","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f287842d-7a84-4870-a382-ba9378d96b33.jpg?v=1609148351","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/believe-them-stories-9781640091887","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}