{"product_id":"stories-for-nighttime-and-some-for-the-day-9780143119500","title":"Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"This guy can write \" --Ray Bradbury\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Loory's collection of wry and witty, dark and perilous contemporary fables is populated by people-and monsters and trees and jocular octopi-who are united by twin motivations: fear and desire. In his singular universe, televisions talk (and sometimes sing), animals live in small apartments where their nephews visit from the sea, and men and women and boys and girls fall down wells and fly through space and find love on Ferris wheels. In a voice full of fable, myth, and dream, \u003ci\u003eStories for Nighttime and Some for the Day\u003c\/i\u003e draws us into a world of delightfully wicked recognitions, and introduces us to a writer of uncommon talent and imagination. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContains 40 stories, including \"The Duck,\" \"The Man and the Moose,\" and \"Death and the Fruits of the Tree,\" as heard on NPR's \u003ci\u003eThis American Life\u003c\/i\u003e, \"The Book,\" as heard on \u003ci\u003eSelected Shorts\u003c\/i\u003e, and \"The TV,\" as published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/26\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143119500\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.72h x 5.14w x 0.59d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/09\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ben Loory","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45038157332661,"sku":"9780143119500","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_fac3cbf2-5e10-4602-b723-f91a1afa707d.jpg?v=1737474859","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/stories-for-nighttime-and-some-for-the-day-9780143119500","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}