{"product_id":"disasters-in-the-first-world-stories-9780802126610","title":"Disasters in the First World: Stories","description":"Olivia Clare's delightfully strange and tender debut collection traces the impact of larger-than-life forces on everyday people. From siblings whose relationship is as fragile as glass, to a woman grappling with both an emotional and physical drought, to a superstitious spouse fearful of misfortune, \u003ci\u003eDisasters in the First World\u003c\/i\u003e explores the real and the imagined, environmental and man-made calamities, and the human need to comprehend the unknown. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \"Pittsburgh in Copenhagen,\" a man and a woman confront infidelity and estrangement as they share one last night together. \"P tur\" tells the tale of a son who takes his mother on an Icelandic vacation only to be stranded there by a volcanic eruption. \"Rusalka's Long Legs\" follows a young girl's treacherously long walk through the woods with her unpredictable mother. And in \"The Visigoths,\" an older sister finally breaks through to her idiosyncratic brother. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With precision and grace, the thirteen stories in this collection capture the fragility of troubled lives caught in disrupted turbulence, moments of connection--no matter how fleeting. Through these intimate, profoundly moving worlds, Clare's voice rises as a distinctive new American storyteller.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press, Black Cat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/06\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802126610\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/17\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2017 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/14\/2017\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Olivia Clare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40721288069301,"sku":"9780802126610","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e3f98204-4ff9-4bf6-838d-74a8ff75ea74.jpg?v=1628606037","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/disasters-in-the-first-world-stories-9780802126610","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}