{"product_id":"short-people-vintage-contemporaries","title":"Short People (Vintage Contemporaries)","description":"James Michener Fellowship winner Joshua Furst's widely acclaimed debut collection explores the perils and paradoxes of childhood in ten harrowing, moving, and surprising stories, offering a rare and unsentimental depiction of the lives of American youth.\n\nIn \"The Age of Exploration,\" two boys experience the world so differently--Billy through science; Jason with fantastical powers of imagination--that they sense their lives will stray irrevocably away from each other. In \"Red Lobster,\" which won the Nelson Algren Award, a gaggle of children try to please the father who has rounded them up from their various homes to take them to a fateful dinner. And in the collection's climactic story, \"Failure to Thrive,\" a maternity ward nurse takes compassion too far. Emotionally astute, brilliantly written, these stories mark the arrival of a powerful new voice in American literature.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0375714073\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0375714073.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Furst, Joshua\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book has little sign of wear or use  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43354873757757,"sku":"BVV.0375714073.VG","price":10.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0375714073-0.jpg?v=1784236154","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/short-people-vintage-contemporaries","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}