{"product_id":"skin-folk-stories-9781504052764","title":"Skin Folk: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eWorld Fantasy Award Winner: Fiction that \"combines a richly textured multicultural background with incisive storytelling,\" by the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Salt Roads\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eSkin Folk\u003c\/i\u003e, with works ranging from science fiction to Caribbean folklore, passionate love to chilling horror, Nalo Hopkinson is at her award-winning best spinning tales like \"Precious,\" in which the narrator spews valuable coins and gems from her mouth whenever she attempts to talk or sing. In \"A Habit of Waste,\" a self-conscious woman undergoes elective surgery to alter her appearance; days later she's shocked to see her former body climbing onto a public bus. In \"The Glass Bottle Trick,\" the young protagonist ignores her intuition regarding her new husband's superstitions--to horrifying consequences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Hopkinson's unique and vibrant sense of pacing and dialogue sets a steady beat for stories that illustrate why she received the 1999 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Entertaining, challenging, and alluring, \u003ci\u003eSkin Folk\u003c\/i\u003e is not to be missed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Road Media Science \u0026amp; Fantasy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/03\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781504052764\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.24w x 0.50d","brand":"Nalo Hopkinson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36655197585564,"sku":"9781504052764","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b196bf5b-1d89-4c67-b3d9-2e2acdeb2470.jpg?v=1603884968","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/skin-folk-stories-9781504052764","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}