{"product_id":"referred-pain-and-other-stories-9781582433028","title":"Referred Pain: And Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eEveryone has a face that they show to the outside world--but our thoughts, fears, and perversions lie just beneath.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Referred pain\" describes the sensation of pain, not at the actual point of injury, but somewhere else in the body. This disorientation of the senses is felt, in one way or another, by many of the characters in this collection from Lynne Sharon Schwartz, one of America's foremost chroniclers of contemporary life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the title novella, a son of Holocaust survivors circumvents his discomfort over his parents' history through a Kafkaesque series of dental procedures. In another story, a professor's sexual attraction to one of his students leads him down a twisted path of misplaced identity. Laced with Schwartz's satirical, acidly intelligent wit, \u003ci\u003eReferred Pain\u003c\/i\u003e displays the peak of her ability.\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 10\/18\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781582433028\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKliatt\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2006 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lynne Sharon Schwartz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51230718754997,"sku":"9781582433028","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_ff080ff0-b705-448e-83c2-160c5548975e.jpg?v=1750169891","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/referred-pain-and-other-stories-9781582433028","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}