{"product_id":"aliens-of-affection-stories-paperback","title":"Aliens of Affection: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePadgett Powell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe idiosyncratic genius of Padgett Powell shines through in nine stories that bend the conventions of short fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePadgett Powell's literary stage is a blurred vision of the American South. His characters are bored, sad, assured, confused, deluded, and often just one step away from madness. The stories they populate are madder still, delivered by a voice enthralling and distinctive.\u003cbr\u003eWhether he's chronicling a housewife's encouragement of adolescent lust, following two good ol' boys on their search for a Chinese healer, or delving into the mind of an unstable moped accident survivor as he awaits a hefty settlement check, Powell revels in the irregularities of the mundane. His people occupy bar stools and strip clubs, pickup truck cabs and mental health clinics, looking for love, drugs, answers. According to the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \"Mr. Powell is like a fabulous guest at a dinner party, the guy who gets people drinking far too much and licking their dessert plates and laughing at jokes--for which not a few of them will hate themselves in the morning.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePadgett Powell is the author of six novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Interrogative Mood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eYou \u0026amp; Me\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEdisto\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Award; and three story collections. His writing has appeared in the\u003ci\u003e New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Harper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Little Star\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and he is the recipient of the Rome Fellowship in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, as well as the Whiting Writers' Award and the James Tait Black Prize in fiction, the UK's oldest literary award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 218\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 07, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760680010016,"sku":"9781480464117","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/66e768ad93e9cec071759800b83711c8.webp?v=1780186686","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/aliens-of-affection-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}