{"product_id":"wait-till-you-see-me-dance-stories-9781555977689","title":"Wait Till You See Me Dance: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Deb Olin Unferth's stories are so smart, fast, full of heart, and distinctive in voice--each an intense little thought-system going out earnestly in search of strange new truths. What an important and exciting talent.\"--George Saunders\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than ten years, Deb Olin Unferth has been publishing startlingly askew, wickedly comic, cutting-edge fiction in magazines such as \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Harper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNOON\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e. Her stories are revered by some of the best American writers of our day, but until now there has been no stand-alone collection of her short fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWait Till You See Me Dance \u003c\/i\u003econsists of several extraordinary longer stories as well as a selection of intoxicating very short stories. In the chilling \"The First Full Thought of Her Life,\" a shooter gets in position while a young girl climbs a sand dune. In \"Voltaire Night,\" students compete to tell a story about the worst thing that ever happened to them. In \"Stay Where You Are,\" two oblivious travelers in Central America are kidnapped by a gunman they assume to be an insurgent--but the gunman has his own problems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn Unferth story lures you in with a voice that seems amiable and lighthearted, but it swerves in sudden and surprising ways that reveal, in terrifying clarity, the rage, despair, and profound mournfulness that have taken up residence at the heart of the American dream. These stories often take place in an exaggerated or heightened reality, a quality that is reminiscent of the work of Donald Barthelme, Lorrie Moore, and George Saunders, but in Unferth's unforgettable collection she carves out territory that is entirely her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/21\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555977689\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.50w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2017 pg. 31\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/23\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2017 pg. 40\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Deb Olin Unferth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45331871760565,"sku":"9781555977689","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1e60d8ca-500a-4ad4-862c-5d32ed299972.jpg?v=1745938341","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/wait-till-you-see-me-dance-stories-9781555977689","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}