{"product_id":"tell-me-thirty-stories-9781640090354","title":"Tell Me: Thirty Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Robison has a poet's eye for the unconscious surrealism of commercial America.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tell Me reflects the early brilliance as well as the fulfilled promise of Mary Robison's literary career. In these stories--most of which appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e throughout the eighties--we enter her sly world of plotters, absconders, ponderers, and pontificators. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Robison's characters have chips on their shoulders; they talk back to us in language that is edgy and nervy; they say \"all right\" and \"okay\" often, not because they consent, but because nothing counts. Still, there are small victories here, small only because, as Robison precisely documents, larger victories are impossible. Here then, among others, is \"Pretty Ice,\" chosen by Richard Ford for \u003ci\u003eThe Granta Book of American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \"Coach,\" chosen for \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \"I Get By,\" an \u003ci\u003eO. Henry Prize Stories\u003c\/i\u003e selection, and \"Happy Boy, Allen,\" a \u003ci\u003ePushcart Prize Stories\u003c\/i\u003e selection. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These stories--sharp, cool, and astringently funny--confirm Mary Robison's place as one of our most original writers and led Richard Yates to comment, \"Robison writes like an avenging angel, and I think she may be a genius.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Mary Robison's short stories are short, subtle, and substantial... her ironic sense of detail bursts from every sentence.\" --\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Word for fucking word, her work demands our attention.\" --David Leavitt, \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\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 05\/08\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640090354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 1.20d","brand":"Mary Robison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36663886938268,"sku":"9781640090354","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_16720d55-3851-493b-be32-2c6bed21db2b.jpg?v=1603905297","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/tell-me-thirty-stories-9781640090354","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}