{"product_id":"say-this-two-novellas-paperback","title":"Say This: Two Novellas - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElise Levine\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo crystalline novellas linked by one devastating crime: \u003cem\u003eSay This\u003c\/em\u003e is an immersive meditation on the interplay between memory, trauma, and narrative.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's a cold spring in Baltimore, 2018, when the email arrives: the celebrity journalist hopes Eva will tell him everything about the sexual affair she had as a teen with her older cousin, a man now in federal prison for murder. Thirteen years earlier, Lenore-May answers the phone to the nightmare news that her stepson's body has been found near Mount Hood, and homicide is suspected. Following Eva's unsettling ambivalence towards her confusing relationship, and constructing a portrait of her cousin's victim via collaged perspectives of the slain man's family, these two linked novellas borrow, interrogate, sometimes dismantle the tropes of true crime; lyrically render the experiences of grief and dissociation; and brilliantly mine the fault lines of power and consent, silence, justice, accountability, and class. \u003cem\u003eSay This\u003c\/em\u003e is a startling exploration of the devastating effects of trauma on personal identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElise Levine\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the story collection \u003cem\u003eThis Wicked Tongue\u003c\/em\u003e, the novels \u003cem\u003eBlue Field\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRequests and Dedications\u003c\/em\u003e, and the story collection \u003cem\u003eDriving Men Mad\u003c\/em\u003e. Her work has also appeared in publications including \u003cem\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBlackbird\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Gettysburg Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBest Canadian Stories\u003c\/em\u003e. She lives in Baltimore, MD, where she teaches in the MA in Writing program at Johns Hopkins University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 270\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767917478176,"sku":"9781771964609","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2b76fb3d76e1d55f778bb4d5154f6f98.webp?v=1780320441","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/say-this-two-novellas-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}