{"product_id":"seeking-fortune-elsewhere-stories-hardcover","title":"Seeking Fortune Elsewhere: Stories - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSindya Bhanoo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Winner of the 2022 New American Voices Award*\u003cbr\u003e *Winner of the 2023 Oregon Book Award for Fiction* \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Finalist for the PEN\/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection\u003cbr\u003eFinalist for the Sergio Troncoso Award for Best First Book of Fiction\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the 2023 Carnegie Medal for Excellence\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for The Story Prize \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese intimate stories of South Indian immigrants and the families they left behind center women's lives and ask how women both claim and surrender power--a stunning debut collection from an O. Henry Prize winner \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTraveling from Pittsburgh to Eastern Washington to Tamil Nadu, these stories about dislocation and dissonance see immigrants and their families confront the costs of leaving and staying, identifying sublime symmetries in lives growing apart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \"Malliga Homes,\" selected by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie for an O. Henry Prize, a widow in a retirement community glimpses her future while waiting for her daughter to visit from America. In \"No. 16 Model House Road,\" a woman long subordinate to her husband makes a choice of her own after she inherits a house. In \"Nature Exchange,\" a mother grieving in the wake of a school shooting finds an unusual obsession. In \"A Life in America,\" a professor finds himself accused of having exploited his graduate students. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSindya Bhanoo's haunting stories show us how immigrants' paths, and the paths of those they leave behind, are never simple. Bhanoo takes us along on their complicated journeys where regret, hope, and triumph appear in disguise.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSINDYA BHANOO's\u003c\/b\u003e fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew England Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGlimmer Train\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications. She is the recipient of an O. Henry Award, the DISQUIET Prize, an Elizabeth George Foundation grant and scholarships from the Bread Loaf and Sewanee writers' conferences. A longtime newspaper reporter, she has worked for\u003ci\u003e The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a graduate of the Michener Center for Writers, the University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, and Carnegie Mellon University. She lives in Corvallis, Oregon and teaches at Oregon State University.\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 1 x 8.4 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 08, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767288463648,"sku":"9781646220878","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d9046219be3e7e49931367383bb6dc3e.webp?v=1780308255","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/seeking-fortune-elsewhere-stories-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}