{"product_id":"rag-stories-9780374246235","title":"Rag: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eVol. 1 Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTor.com\u003c\/i\u003e's Books to Read in February. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Sharp, haunting . . .  Meijer] writes wonderfully of the trap of the self, with its impossible prisons of circumstance and identity, not to mention the perversity of being buried alive, alone, inside a body.\" --Merritt Tierce, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eHeartbreaker\u003c\/i\u003e, a disquieting collection tracing the destructive consequences of the desire for connection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA man, forgotten by the world, takes care of his deaf brother while euthanizing dogs for a living. A stepbrother so desperately wants to become his stepsibling that he rapes his girlfriend. In Maryse Meijer's decidedly dark and searingly honest collection \u003ci\u003eRag\u003c\/i\u003e, the desperate human desire for connection slips into a realm that approximates horror. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeijer's explosive debut collection, \u003ci\u003eHeartbreaker\u003c\/i\u003e, reinvented sexualized and romantic taboos, holding nothing back. In \u003ci\u003eRag\u003c\/i\u003e, Meijer's fearless follow-up, she shifts her focus to the dark heart of intimacies of all kinds, and the ways in which isolated people's yearning for community can breed violence, danger, and madness. With unparalleled precision, Meijer spins stories that leave you troubled and slightly shaken by her uncanny ability to elicit empathy for society's most marginalized people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fsg Originals\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/12\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374246235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2018 pg. 69\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/24\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Maryse Meijer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36636613378204,"sku":"9780374246235","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f6c6ed7c-3232-4064-bce7-a25b13fd0bb3.jpg?v=1603842437","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/rag-stories-9780374246235","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}