{"product_id":"the-girl-in-the-flammable-skirt-stories-paperback","title":"The Girl in the Flammable Skirt: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAimee Bender\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A collection of wistful, witty stories.\" --\u003ci\u003eEsquire \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Hilarious, deep and a little bit dirty.\" --\u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA grief-stricken librarian decides to have sex with every man who enters her library. A half-mad, unbearably beautiful heiress follows a strange man home, seeking total sexual abandon: He only wants to watch game shows. A woman falls in love with a hunchback; when his deformity turns out to be a prosthesis, she leaves him. A wife whose husband has just returned from the war struggles with the heartrending question: Can she still love a man who has no lips? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAimee Bender's stories portray a world twisted on its axis, a place of unconvention that resembles nothing so much as real life, in all its grotesque, beautiful glory. From the first line of each tale she lets us know she is telling a story, but the moral is never quite what we expect. Bender's prose is glorious: musical and colloquial, inimitable and heartrending. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere are stories of men and women whose lives are shaped--and sometimes twisted--by the power of extraordinary desires, erotic and otherwise. \u003ci\u003eThe Girl in the Flammable Skirt\u003c\/i\u003e is the debut of a major American writer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA 1998 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year. Selected by the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e as one of the best works of fiction of 1998.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA grief-stricken librarian decides to have sex with every man who enters her library. A half-mad, unbearably beautiful heiress follows a strange man home, seeking total sexual abandon: He only wants to watch game shows. A woman falls in love with a hunchback; when his deformity turns out to be a prosthesis, she leaves him. A wife whose husband has just returned from the war struggles with the heartrending question: Can she still love a man who has no lips? \u003cbr\u003eAimee Bender's stories portray a world twisted on its axis, a place of unconvention that resembles nothing so much as real life, in all its grotesque, beautiful glory. From the first line of each tale she lets us know she is telling a story, but the moral is never quite what we expect. Bender's prose is glorious: musical and colloquial, inimitable and heartrending. \u003cbr\u003eHere are stories of men and women whose lives are shaped--and sometimes twisted--by the power of extraordinary desires, erotic and otherwise. \"The Girl in the Flammable Skirt is the debut of a major American writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAimee Bender is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Particular Sadness of Lemon Cak\u003c\/i\u003ee--a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller--and \u003ci\u003eAn Invisible Sign of My Own\u003c\/i\u003e, and of the collections \u003ci\u003eThe Girl in the Flammable Skirt\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWillful Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e. Her works have been widely anthologized and have been translated into sixteen languages. She lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 7.98 x 5.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 17, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755686789408,"sku":"9780385492164","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6af64edc056f1fd73caef1191129390d.webp?v=1780065882","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-girl-in-the-flammable-skirt-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}