{"product_id":"collected-stories-of-lorrie-moore-introduction-by-lauren-groff-hardcover","title":"Collected Stories of Lorrie Moore: Introduction by Lauren Groff - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLorrie Moore\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLauren Groff\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beautiful hardcover edition of the collected stories of one of America's most revered and admired authors--originally published in the acclaimed collections \u003ci\u003eSelf-Help, Like Life, Birds of America, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBark\u003c\/i\u003e and including three additional stories excerpted from her novels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoore is one of America's most revered writers, and this career-spanning collection showcases her exceptional talent for leavening tragedy with humor, for blending sorrow with subversive wit. Her keenly observed stories are peopled by a variety of lost souls--husbands, wives, lovers, tourists, professors, students, even a ghost--who are often grappling with pain or disappointment: a divorced man obsessed with self-help books, a washed-up Hollywood actress living in a hotel, a woman with a terminal illness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut however lovelorn or dislocated the characters--from the wisecracking wedding guest in \"Thank You for Having Me\" to the self-deluded musicians in \"Wings\" to the complicated parent-child pairs in \"How to Talk to Your Mother (Notes)\" and \"The Kid's Guide to Divorce\"--their stories are always grounded in insight and compassion. Moore's portraits of the parents of a seriously ill child in \"People Like That Are the Only People Here\" and of a woman haunted by guilt over the death of her friend's baby in \"Terrific Mother\" achieve a notably unsentimental and yet quietly devastating power. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether moving or darkly funny, all of these pieces channel the messiness of the human condition through Moore's characteristically knowing, wry voice, and together they confirm her as a master of the short story.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLORRIE MOORE is the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English at Vanderbilt University. She is the recipient of the Irish Times International Prize for Literature, a Lannan Foundation fellowship, as well as the PEN\/Malamud Award and the Rea Award for her achievement in the short story. She has been the recipient of the Mary McCarthy Award from Bard College. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where she teaches at Vanderbilt University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLAUREN GROFF is the author of T\u003ci\u003ehe Monsters of Templeton, Arcadia, Delicate Edible Birds, Fates and Furies\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFlorida\u003c\/i\u003e. She has won the PEN\/O. Henry Award, has been a finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and was named one of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e's 2017 Best Young American Novelists.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 776\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.7 x 8.2 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 03, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755635278112,"sku":"9780375712388","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/af4329aa8e60c85fc95156cdd9d8fc68.webp?v=1780064266","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/collected-stories-of-lorrie-moore-introduction-by-lauren-groff-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}