{"product_id":"the-collected-stories-9780374531294","title":"The Collected Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eLeonard Michaels was a master of the short story. His collections are among the most admired, influential, and exciting of the last half century. \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Stories \u003c\/i\u003ebrings them back into print, from the astonishing debut \u003ci\u003eGoing Places \u003c\/i\u003e(1969) to the uncollected last stories, unavailable since they appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThreepenny Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePartisan Review\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt every stage in his career, Michaels produced taut, spare tales of sex, love, and other adult intimacies: gossip, argument, friendship, guilt, rage. A fearless writer--\"destructive, joyful, brilliant, purely creative,\" in the words of John Hawkes--Michaels probed his characters' motivations with brutal humor and startling frankness; his ear for the vernacular puts him in the company of Philip Roth, Grace Paley, and Bernard Malamud. Remarkable for its compression and cadences, his prose is nothing short of addictive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Collected Stories \u003c\/i\u003eis a landmark. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Leonard Michaels's stories stand alongside those of his best Jewish contemporaries -- Grace Paley and Philip Roth.\" -- Mona Simpson, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/08\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374531294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/24\/2008 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Leonard Michaels","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43124373520565,"sku":"9780374531294","price":24.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c61acfbb-1296-4007-8035-588d19d53f10.jpg?v=1694550765","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-collected-stories-9780374531294","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}