{"product_id":"love-and-hydrogen-new-and-selected-stories-9781400033492","title":"Love and Hydrogen: New and Selected Stories","description":"\u003ci\u003eI've been a problem baby, a lousy son, a distant brother, an off-putting neighbor, a piss-poor student, a worrisome seatmate, an unreliable employee, a bewildering lover, a frustrating confidante and a crappy husband. Among the things I do pretty well at this point I'd have to list darts, re-closing Stay-Fresh boxes, and staying out of the way. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the self-eulogy offered early on by the unwilling hero of the opening story in this collection, a dazzling array of work in short fiction from a master of the form. The stories in \u003cb\u003eLove and Hydrogen\u003c\/b\u003e--familiar to readers from publications ranging from \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e--encompass in theme and compassion what an ordinary writer would seem to need several lifetimes to imagine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA frustrated wife makes use of an enterprising illegal-gun salesman to hold her husband hostage; two hapless adult-education students botch their attempts at rudimentary piano but succeed in a halting, awkward romance; a fascinated and murderous Creature welcomes the first human visitors to his Black Lagoon; and in the title story, the stupefyingly huge airship Hindenburg flies to its doom, representing in 1937 mankind's greatest yearning as well as its titanic failure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGenerous in scope and astonishing in ambition, Shepard's voice never falters; the virtuosity of \u003cb\u003eLove and Hydrogen\u003c\/b\u003e cements his reputation as, in the words of Rick Bass, \"a passionate writer with a razor-sharp wit and an elephantine heart\"--in short, one of the most powerful talents at work today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/27\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400033492\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.16w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2003 pg. 1337\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2004 pg. 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2004 pg. 828\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/25\/2004 pg. 9\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/06\/2004 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jim Shepard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44655103803573,"sku":"9781400033492","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_4e095ab2-3170-4c48-88cd-f21ff7818ae7.jpg?v=1727192057","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/love-and-hydrogen-new-and-selected-stories-9781400033492","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}