{"product_id":"the-pavilion-of-former-wives-9781941088616","title":"The Pavilion of Former Wives","description":"A man and woman carry out an unusual courtship through a series of letters that gradually strip away their facades. A husband and wife argue about an infidelity that may never have happened. A liaison that hinges on a lost car ends before it begins when dreams influence reality. And a man confronts the specters of his failed relationships in the mysterious Pavilion of Former Wives. In 14 thematically linked stories, Jonathan Baumbach explores the sour and bitter sweetness of relationships just beginning and already over, and the frailty that love makes of us. \u003cbr\u003eA staple in the literary scene for over 40 years, Jonathan Baumbach is the author of 14 books of fiction, including \u003ci\u003eYou, or The Invention of Memory, On The Way To My Father s Funeral: New and Selected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eB, a novel\u003c\/i\u003e. He has published over ninety stories in \u003ci\u003eEsquire, Open City, Boulevard, \u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere, and his fiction has been anthologized in \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories, The O. Henry Prize, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Best of Tri-Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dzanc Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/13\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781941088616\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/10\/2016\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jonathan Baumbach","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38294268051637,"sku":"9781941088616","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_dc4a086c-6e90-4881-baeb-9db199ecb190.jpg?v=1611066574","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-pavilion-of-former-wives-9781941088616","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}