{"product_id":"company-stories-paperback","title":"Company: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShannon Sanders\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2023 \u003ci\u003eLOS ANGELES TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e ART SEIDENBAUM AWARD FOR FIRST FICTION\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 WILLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR WRITING \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA richly detailed, brilliantly woven debut collection about the lives and lore of one Black family, named one of \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Books of 2023 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShannon Sanders's sparkling debut brings us into the company of the Collins family and their acquaintances as they meet, bicker, compete, celebrate, worry, keep and reveal secrets, build lives and careers, and endure. Moving from Atlantic City to New York to DC, from the 1960s to the 2000s, from law students to drag performers to violinists to matriarchs, \u003ci\u003eCompany\u003c\/i\u003e tells a multifaceted, multigenerational saga in thirteen stories. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach piece includes a moment when a guest arrives at someone's home. In \"The Good, Good Men,\" two brothers reunite to oust a \"deadbeat\" boyfriend from their mother's house. In \"The Everest Society,\" the brothers' sister anxiously prepares for a home visit from a social worker before adopting a child. In \"Birds of Paradise,\" their aunt, newly promoted to university provost, navigates a minefield of microaggressions at her own welcome party. And in the haunting title story, the provost's sister finds her solitary life disrupted when her late sister's daughter comes calling. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese are stories about intimacy, societal and familial obligations, and the ways inheritances shape our fates. Buoyant, somber, sharp, and affectionate, this collection announces a remarkable new voice in fiction.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eShannon Sanders lives and works near Washington, DC. Her fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eOne Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Electric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJoyland, TriQuarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere, and was a 2020 winner of the PEN\/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.24 x 5.57 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 12, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758508736800,"sku":"9781644453179","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/71f98ea9d9d5fef0f5c1516c1e24bbde.webp?v=1780128286","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/company-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}