{"product_id":"black-swans-stories-9781640090507","title":"Black Swans: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Babitz's talent for the brilliant line, honed to a point, never interferes with her feel for languid pleasures.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A new reissue of Babitz's collection of nine stories that look back on the 1980s and early 1990s--decades of dreams, drink, and glimpses of a changing world. \u003ci\u003eBlack Swans\u003c\/i\u003e further celebrates the phenomenon of Eve Babitz, cementing her reputation as the voice of a generation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With an introduction by Stephanie Danler, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSweetbitter\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"On the page, Babitz is pure pleasure--a perpetual-motion machine of no-stakes elation and champagne fizz.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" A] true original.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"She's a natural. Or gives every appearance of being one, her writing elevated yet slangy, bright, bouncy, cheerfully hedonistic--L.A. in it purest, most idealized form.\" --\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Babitz's writing is also like the jacaranda tree in glorious bloom--bewitching an entire city, but all too brief.\" --\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\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 04\/10\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640090507\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Eve Babitz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36663887102108,"sku":"9781640090507","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_88bbe7ab-775a-41c8-ba15-3edf0a7992c8.jpg?v=1603905297","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/black-swans-stories-9781640090507","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}