{"product_id":"green-frog-stories-paperback","title":"Green Frog: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGina Chung\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eSea Change\u003c\/i\u003e comes a short story collection that explores Korean American womanhood, bodies, animals, and transformation as a means of survival. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The stories hit, each one, and land with such seeming perfection. Chung's book sits next to my all-time favorite story collections by masters of the craft: Karen Russell, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, George Saunders, and Ted Chiang.\"--Morgan Talty, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eNight of the Living Rez\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEqual parts fantastical--a pair of talking dolls help twins escape a stifling home, a heart boils on the stove as part of an elaborate cure for melancholy, a fox demon contemplates avenging her sister's death--and true to life--a mother and daughter try to heal their rift when the daughter falls unexpectedly pregnant, a woman reexamines her father's legacy after his death--the stories in this collection are hopeful and heartbreaking, full of danger and full of joy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChung is a master at capturing emotion, and her characters--human and otherwise--will claw their way into your heart and make themselves at home.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGina Chung is a Korean American writer from New Jersey currently living in Brooklyn, New York. A recipient of the Pushcart Prize, she is a 2021-2022 Center for Fiction\/Susan Kamil Emerging Writer Fellow and holds an MFA in fiction from The New School. Her work appears or is forthcoming in \u003ci\u003eThe Kenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCatapult\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGulf Coast\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIndiana Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIdaho Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePleiades\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eF(r)iction\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWigleaf\u003c\/i\u003e, among others, and has been recognized by several contests, including the American Short(er) Fiction Contest, the Los Angeles Review Literary Awards, and the Ploughshares Emerging Writer's Contest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 12, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748812685600,"sku":"9780593469361","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9776647d20092b371d13bcc1fd634190.webp?v=1779916871","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/green-frog-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}