{"product_id":"9781250069238","title":"American Innovations : Stories","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eAmerican Innovations\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Rivka Galchen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BRILLIANT NEW COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES FROM THE \"CONSPICUOUSLY TALENTED\" (\u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e) RIVKA GALCHEN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Danuta Gleed Literary Award \u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChosen as one of fifteen remarkable books by women that are shaping the way we read and write in the 21st century by the book critics of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn one of the intensely imaginative stories in Rivka Galchen's \u003ci\u003eAmerican Innovations\u003c\/i\u003e, a young woman's furniture walks out on her. In another, the narrator feels compelled to promise to deliver a takeout order that has incorrectly been phoned in to her. In a third, the petty details of a property transaction illuminate the complicated pains and loves of a family.\u003cbr\u003e       The tales in this groundbreaking collection are secretly in conversation with canonical stories, reimagined from the perspective of female characters. Just as Wallace Stevens's \"Anecdote of the Jar\" responds to John Keats's \"Ode on a Grecian Urn,\" Galchen's \"The Lost Order\" covertly recapitulates James Thurber's \"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,\" while \"The Region of Unlikeness\" is a smoky and playful mirror to Jorge Luis Borges's \"The Aleph.\" The title story, \"American Innovations,\" revisits Nikolai Gogol's \"The Nose.\"\u003cbr\u003e       By turns realistic, fantastical, witty, and lyrical, these marvelously uneasy stories are deeply emotional and written in exuberant, pitch-perfect prose. Whether exploring the tensions in a mother-daughter relationship or the finer points of time travel, Galchen is a writer like none other today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[A] witty, winning collection...The DNA in these stories may be old, but Galchen has uncovered a new register and a new space for the domestic and the fantastic to meet. There might be no better model for looking to the past in order to move forward.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times (The New Vanguard: Remarkable Books by Women That Are Changing the Way We Read and Write Fiction in the 21st Century)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“To read Rivka Galchen is to enter a wonderland where the bizarre and the mundane march in unlikely lockstep.” —\u003ci\u003eMichael Lindgren, The Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Spectral, demanding stories from a brilliant young writer.” —\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Galchen's sentences catch your attention and hold it with a tight fist . . . Delicious stories.” —\u003ci\u003eAlan Cheuse, NPR.org\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Skillful, imaginative, often funny . . . In that grand tradition of American innovators, perhaps Ms. Galchen's greatest artistic creation is herself.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLong-listed The Times Literary Supplement Books of the Year (2014), New York Magazine Best Books of the Year (2014), Long-listed Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year (2014), Winner Danuta Gleed Literary Award (2014), Long-listed New York Times Book Review Notable Books of the Year (2014)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250069238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40623850160334,"sku":"9781250069238","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_6131a81b-453f-4541-a019-06e8ea54a1a7.jpg?v=1638578871","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250069238","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}