{"product_id":"proper-name-and-other-stories-9780811213257","title":"Proper Name and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eProper Name\u003c\/em\u003e collects for the first time the inimitable stories of Bernadette Mayer--\"one of the most original writers of her generation\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe nineteen narratives of \u003cem\u003eProper Name\u003c\/em\u003e include \"My Excellent Novel,\" \"Ice Cube Epigrams,\" \"Essay: How Carefully Do We Tend?\" and \"Juan Gave Nora a Pomegranate.\" Mayer's structural inventions are terrific and unique. As Fanny Howe remarked in \u003cem\u003eThe American Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \"In a language made up of idiom and lyricism, Mayer cancels the boundaries between prose and poetry.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811213257\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.97h x 5.23w x 0.46d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/06\/1996 pg. 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/1996 pg. 639\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bernadette Mayer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43103785713845,"sku":"9780811213257","price":11.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1c7d63d7-9136-4ef9-a556-06d25c39ec3e.jpg?v=1693279926","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/proper-name-and-other-stories-9780811213257","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}