{"product_id":"the-longest-way-to-eat-a-melon-9781956046410","title":"The Longest Way to Eat a Melon","description":"\u003cb\u003eA cheeky debut of short fictions exploring the pitfalls and minor triumphs of the creative process.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEqual parts melody and malaise, \u003ci\u003eThe Longest Way to Eat a Melon\u003c\/i\u003e charts the activities of a cast of speakers who all grapple in their own ways with what it takes to conjure a self in the midst of discordance. A brain argues with a non-brain about how to remain productive from a place of exhaustion; two supernaturally inclined twins named Han are separated at birth; and an emerging artist paralyzed by possibility considers how best to transform a melon into a breakthrough work of art. Incorporating elements of fable, surrealism, satire, and art and cultural criticism, these stories have a playful peculiarity to them, an interweaving of self-deprecation and curiosity, of woe and hope, of absurdity and humanity. Reader, you will want to savor every bite. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarabande Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/10\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781956046410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252","brand":"Jacquelyn Zong-Li Ross","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45302289563829,"sku":"9781956046410","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_6edc7765-8bb3-4399-aad7-6a8fbab8786d.jpg?v=1744724979","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-longest-way-to-eat-a-melon-9781956046410","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}