{"product_id":"fortune-smiles-stories-paperback","title":"Fortune Smiles: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdam Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe National Book Award-winning story collection from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Orphan Master's Son \u003c\/i\u003eoffers something rare in fiction: a new way of looking at the world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"MASTERFUL.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post \u003c\/i\u003e\"ENTRANCING.\"--\u003ci\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine \u003c\/i\u003e\"PERCEPTIVE AND BRAVE.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Throughout these six stories, Pulitzer Prize winner Adam Johnson delves deep into love and loss, natural disasters, the influence of technology, and how the political shapes the personal, giving voice to the perspectives we don't often hear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \"Nirvana,\" a programmer whose wife has a rare disease finds solace in a digital simulacrum of the president of the United States. In \"Hurricanes Anonymous,\" a young man searches for the mother of his son in a Louisiana devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. \"George Orwell Was a Friend of Mine\" follows a former warden of a Stasi prison in East Germany who vehemently denies his past, even as pieces of it are delivered in packages to his door. And in the unforgettable title story, Johnson returns to his signature subject, North Korea, depicting two defectors from Pyongyang who are trying to adapt to their new lives in Seoul, while one cannot forget the woman he left behind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE STORY PRIZE - A \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e NOTABLE BOOK \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eThe Miami Herald - San Francisco Chronicle - USA Today \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post \u003c\/i\u003e - NPR - \u003ci\u003eMarie Claire - St. Louis Post-Dispatch - BuzzFeed - The Daily Beast - Los Angeles Magazine - The Independent - BookPage - Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Remarkable . . . Adam Johnson is one of America's greatest living writers.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Huffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Haunting, harrowing . . . Johnson's writing is as rich in compassion as it is in invention, and that rare combination makes \u003ci\u003eFortune Smiles\u003c\/i\u003e worth treasuring.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eFortune Smiles\u003c\/i\u003e  blends] exotic scenarios, morally compromised characters, high-wire action, rigorously limber prose, dense thickets of emotion, and, most critically, our current techno-moment.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Johnson's boundary-pushing stories make for exhilarating reading.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eFortune Smiles, \u003c\/i\u003ewinner of the National Book Award and the Story Prize and a finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003eBook Prize, and \u003ci\u003eThe Orphan Master's Son, \u003c\/i\u003ewinner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and the California Book Award and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Johnson's other awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Writers' Award, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and a Stegner Fellowship; he was also a finalist for the New York Public Library's Young Lions Award. His previous books are \u003ci\u003eEmporium, \u003c\/i\u003e a short story collection, and the novel \u003ci\u003eParasites Like Us\u003c\/i\u003e. Johnson teaches creative writing at Stanford University and lives in San Francisco with his wife and children. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 04, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757768343840,"sku":"9780812987232","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4b65d3a7c49e14991ebbc48d35c957f1.webp?v=1780111351","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/fortune-smiles-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}