{"product_id":"near-flesh-stories-hardcover","title":"Near Flesh: Stories - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKatherine Dunn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Dunn's pieces have an almost irrepressible kinetic energy.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Alexandra Kleeman, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA previously unpublished collection of stories about motherhood, violence, and desire, from the cult icon Katherine Dunn, the author of \u003ci\u003eGeek Love\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA woman invests in a series of sex robots to get her off and comes to terms with the limitations--and real threat--of automated companionship. A knowing young student pursues an affair with an older man, the poet in residence at the university where she studies writing, and weighs the benefits and costs of their arrangement. A mother moves to a farm with her family and must come to terms with the violence simmering beneath her skin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNear Flesh\u003c\/i\u003e is the first and only collection of short fiction by Katherine Dunn, the author of the bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eGeek Love\u003c\/i\u003e. These nineteen stories are, like Dunn's entire body of work, attuned to the spit and grit of tough living. They pulse with yearning for a more prosperous life, for sexual satisfaction, to escape abusive husbands and the disappointments of convention. A better life, for these mostly female protagonists, seems always just out of reach. In \u003ci\u003eNear Flesh\u003c\/i\u003e, Dunn explores the struggle of women to live on their own terms, and the desire to relish--rather than squash--what distinguishes a person.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatherine Dunn\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eGeek Love\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the National Book Award and the Bram Stoker Award. During her lifetime, she also published the novels \u003ci\u003eAttic \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTruck\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2022, MCD \/ Farrar, Straus and Giroux published \u003ci\u003eToad\u003c\/i\u003e, Dunn's first posthumous novel. \u003ci\u003eNear Flesh\u003c\/i\u003e, her second posthumous book, is Dunn's first and only short-story collection. Her fiction and her prolific writing on boxing appeared during her lifetime, and afterward, in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Esquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications. Dunn died in 2016.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 07, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51889021190432,"sku":"9780374602352","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d16-eEsViF9780374602352.webp?v=1781926119","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/near-flesh-stories-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}