{"product_id":"the-complexities-of-intimacy-paperback","title":"The Complexities of Intimacy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary Caponegro\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The music of Mary Caponegro's stories is to the mouth what wine is. Readers will find themselves lost among answers, intoxicated, knowing only that these are stories unlike any others before or since, which is, for this reader at least, a relief, a challenge, and a godsend.\"--William Gass\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA breathtaking stylist, Caponegro imbues her sardonic, surreal text with startling details: a sister with a secret tail, a brother who invents a hammock from a harp, and precocious children who choose their own parents. Buoyed by her arch, Jamesian prose and psychological tone, Caponegro's stories are as delicately intricate as the fragile and difficult familial relationships they describe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Caponegro's\u003c\/b\u003e short fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eConjunctions \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSulfur. \u003c\/i\u003eHer previous short story collections include \u003ci\u003eThe Star Café\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFive Doubts.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Caponegro's story collections include The Star Café and The Complexities of Intimacy. Her stories have been anthologized in The Anchor Book of New American Fiction, The Italian American Reader, and Wild Dreams: The Best of Italian Americana. Born in Brooklyn, she has lived in Italy and now resides in the Hudson Valley where she teaches at Bard College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 233\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755052302624,"sku":"9781566891202","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a74c77a016aacb3028462491a7a775a2.webp?v=1780049328","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-complexities-of-intimacy-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}