{"product_id":"the-new-yorker-stories-9781439168752","title":"The New Yorker Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe perfect book for new fans and decade-long supporters alike, \u003ci\u003eAnn Beattie: The New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eprovides readers with a lifetime worth of short stories from one of the most original and celebrated voices of her generation. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Ann Beattie began publishing short stories in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003ein the mid-seventies, she emerged with a voice so original, and so uncannily precise and prescient in its assessment of her characters' drift and narcissism, that she was instantly celebrated as a voice of her generation. Her name became an adjective: \u003ci\u003eBeattiesque\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSubtle, wry, and unnerving, she is a master observer of the unraveling of the American family, and of the myriad small occurrences and affinities that unite us. Her characters, over nearly four decades, have moved from lives of fickle desire to the burdens and inhibitions of adulthood and on to failed aspirations, sloppy divorces, and sometimes enlightenment, even grace. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach Beattie story, says Margaret Atwood, is like a fresh bulletin from the front: we snatch it up, eager to know what's happening out there on the edge of that shifting and dubious no-man's-land known as interpersonal relations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith an unparalleled gift for dialogue and laser wit, she delivers flash reports on the cultural landscape of her time. \u003ci\u003eAnn Beattie: The New Yorker Stories \u003c\/i\u003eis the perfect initiation for readers new to this iconic American writer and a glorious return for those who have known and loved her work for decades.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/11\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439168752\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.94h x 5.32w x 1.25d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/14\/2011 pg. 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/13\/2011 pg. 52\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ann Beattie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42095637987509,"sku":"9781439168752","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f821b626-6d5d-418f-9be5-70f96a1db5f7.jpg?v=1651588548","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-new-yorker-stories-9781439168752","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}