{"product_id":"visitations-stories-9780807168127","title":"Visitations: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Poignant, exquisite, and endlessly witty\" -- \u003ci\u003eKirkus Review\u003c\/i\u003e (Starred Review) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"People--the species defies logic \" reflects the protagonist of one of the dazzling, intricate stories in \u003ci\u003eVisitations\u003c\/i\u003e. In this latest collection from Lee Upton, characters navigate often bewildering situations, from the homeschooled girl trying to communicate telepathically with an injured man she finds on the beach to the experimental theater troupe (called the Community Playas) composed primarily of actors the story's narrator has wronged or been wronged by. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUpton's stories frequently draw inspiration from books--books as art objects or lost objects, as inspiration or points of contention. \"Night Walkers\" tells the story of the world's laziest book club, while \"A Story's End\" follows a woman's search for the last book read by her mother before her sudden death. Elsewhere, the ghosts of literature and writers past haunt the characters' present: \"The Tell-All Heart\" sees a woman falling in love with Edgar Allan Poe's discarded suit, and an unruly, unpredictable shadow creeps in a child's window to demand that he cut off the other hand of Captain Hook in \"A Shadow.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the surreal yet playful tradition of Karen Russell and George Saunders, \u003ci\u003eVisitations \u003c\/i\u003ebrings together seventeen incandescent short stories from a writer at the height of her powers.--Emily Nagin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/16\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807168127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.70w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2017 pg. 139\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lee Upton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36644083204252,"sku":"9780807168127","price":25.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3cbfd5fc-f37a-4189-a623-025ec3c5a7a3.jpg?v=1603857875","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/visitations-stories-9780807168127","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}