{"product_id":"jewel-box-stories-hardcover","title":"Jewel Box: Stories - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eE. Lily Yu\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatured on \u003ci\u003eLeVar Burton Reads\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Like Oscar Wilde or Ray Bradbury, E. Lily Yu writes the kind of delicious short stories that come with a sting in the tail. Utterly beguiling.\" --Kelly Link, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eGet in Trouble \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Each story here is a gem. A trove of fantastical treasures.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e STARRED REVIEW\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An astonishing collection of stories...transformative.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e STARRED REVIEW\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe strange, the sublime, and the monstrous confront one another with astonishing consequences in this collection of twenty-two stories from award-winning writer E. Lily Yu. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the village of Yiwei, a fallen wasp nest unfurls into a beautifully accurate map. In a field in Louisiana, birdwatchers forge an indelible connection over a shared glimpse of a Vermilion Flycatcher, and fall. In Nineveh, a judge who prides himself on impartiality finds himself questioned by a mysterious god. On a nameless shore, a small monster searches for refuge and finds unexpected courage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt turns bittersweet and boundary-breaking, poignant and profound, these twenty-two stories sing, as the oldest fables do, of what it means to be alive in this strange, terrible, beautiful world. For readers who loved the intelligence and compassion in Kim Fu's \u003ci\u003eLesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century\u003c\/i\u003e and the dreamlike prose of Kelly Link's \u003ci\u003eMagic for Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e, this collection introduces the short fiction of E. Lily Yu, winner of the Astounding Award for Best New Writer and author of the Washington Book Award-winning novel \u003ci\u003eOn Fragile Waves\u003c\/i\u003e, praised by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e as \"devastating and perfect.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A lovely story.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eLeVar Burton, on \"The Pilgrim and The Angel\" (from \u003ci\u003eJewel Box: Stories\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eE. Lily Yu\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eOn Fragile Waves\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Washington State Book Award. She received the Artist Trust LaSalle Storyteller Award in 2017 and the Astounding Award for Best New Writer in 2012. Her stories have appeared in venues from \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's \u003c\/i\u003eto Tor.com, as well as thirteen best-of-the-year anthologies, and have been finalists for the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, Sturgeon, and World Fantasy Awards. You can find her at elilyyu.com.\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 1.26 x 8.35 x 5.59 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 24, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764470776096,"sku":"9781645660484","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5799b6ed4789178c37610ebb220fff2d.webp?v=1780249265","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/jewel-box-stories-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}