{"product_id":"the-complexities-of-intimacy-9781566891202","title":"The Complexities of Intimacy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The music of Mary Caponegro's stories is to the mouth what wine is. Readers will find themselves lost among answers, intoxicated, knowing only that these are stories unlike any others before or since, which is, for this reader at least, a relief, a challenge, and a godsend.\"--William Gass\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA breathtaking stylist, Caponegro imbues her sardonic, surreal text with startling details: a sister with a secret tail, a brother who invents a hammock from a harp, and precocious children who choose their own parents. Buoyed by her arch, Jamesian prose and psychological tone, Caponegro's stories are as delicately intricate as the fragile and difficult familial relationships they describe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Caponegro's\u003c\/b\u003e short fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eConjunctions \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSulfur. \u003c\/i\u003eHer previous short story collections include \u003ci\u003eThe Star Café\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFive Doubts.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coffee House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781566891202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 233\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2001 pg. 36\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mary Caponegro","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45000436646069,"sku":"9781566891202","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_29eacfba-637c-4403-8a37-349946959b97.jpg?v=1736264780","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-complexities-of-intimacy-9781566891202","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}