{"product_id":"the-trojan-war-museum-and-other-stories","title":"The Trojan War Museum: and Other Stories","description":"Winner of The Story Prize Spotlight Award and a Finalist for the 2020 PEN America Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection\n\nA debut story collection of spectacular imaginative range and lyricism from a Pushcart Prize–winning author.\nIn Ayse Papatya Bucak’s dreamlike narratives, dead girls recount the effects of an earthquake and a chess-playing automaton falls in love. A student stops eating and no one knows whether her act is personal or political. A Turkish wrestler, a hero in the East, is seen as a brute in the West. The anguish of an Armenian refugee is “performed” at an American fund-raiser. An Ottoman ambassador in Paris amasses a tantalizing collection of erotic art. And in the masterful title story, the Greek god Apollo confronts his personal history and bewails his Homeric reputation as he tries to memorialize, and make sense of, generations of war.\nA joy and a provocation, Bucak’s stories confront the nature of historical memory with humor and humanity. Surreal and poignant, they examine the tension between myth and history, cultural categories and personal identity, performance and authenticity.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1324002972\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1324002972.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Bucak, Ayse Papatya\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\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: Former library book with the usual stamps, stickers and labels. The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43743907217469,"sku":"BVV.1324002972.G","price":5.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1324002972-0.jpg?v=1790805766","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-trojan-war-museum-and-other-stories","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}