{"product_id":"disasters-in-the-first-world-stories-paperback","title":"Disasters in the First World: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOlivia Clare\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOlivia Clare's delightfully strange and tender debut collection traces the impact of larger-than-life forces on everyday people. From siblings whose relationship is as fragile as glass, to a woman grappling with both an emotional and physical drought, to a superstitious spouse fearful of misfortune, \u003ci\u003eDisasters in the First World\u003c\/i\u003e explores the real and the imagined, environmental and man-made calamities, and the human need to comprehend the unknown. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \"Pittsburgh in Copenhagen,\" a man and a woman confront infidelity and estrangement as they share one last night together. \"P tur\" tells the tale of a son who takes his mother on an Icelandic vacation only to be stranded there by a volcanic eruption. \"Rusalka's Long Legs\" follows a young girl's treacherously long walk through the woods with her unpredictable mother. And in \"The Visigoths,\" an older sister finally breaks through to her idiosyncratic brother. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With precision and grace, the thirteen stories in this collection capture the fragility of troubled lives caught in disrupted turbulence, moments of connection--no matter how fleeting. Through these intimate, profoundly moving worlds, Clare's voice rises as a distinctive new American storyteller.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOlivia Clare's\u003c\/b\u003e fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories, Granta, n+1, Boston Review, Kenyon Review, \u003c\/i\u003e among other publications, and she is the author of a book of poems, \u003ci\u003eThe 26-Hour Day\u003c\/i\u003e. She holds master's degrees from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and the University of Southern California, and she was recently a Black Mountain Institute Ph.D. Fellow at University of Nevada. She teaches creative writing at Sam Houston State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 06, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757484867872,"sku":"9780802126610","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fc20687afac4c12b0a021514b8aea2f4.webp?v=1780104227","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/disasters-in-the-first-world-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}