{"product_id":"you-think-thats-bad-paperback","title":"You Think That's Bad - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJim Shepard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing \u003ci\u003eLike You'd Understand, Anyway\u003c\/i\u003e--awarded the Story Prize and a finalist for the National Book Award--Jim Shepard returns with an even more wildly diverse collection of astonishingly observant stories. Like an expert curator, he populates the vastness of human experience--from its bizarre fringes and lonely, breathtaking pinnacles to the hopelessly mediocre and desperately below average--with brilliant scientists, reluctant soldiers, workaholic artists, female explorers, depraved murderers, and deluded losers, all wholly convincing and utterly fascinating.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJim Shepard is the author of six novels and three previous story collections. His stories are published regularly in such magazines as \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The Atlantic, McSweeney's, Tin House, Zoetrope: All-Story, Playboy, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Vice, \u003c\/i\u003e among others. \"The Netherlands Lives with Water,\" from this collection, appears in \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories 2010\u003c\/i\u003e. \"Your Fate Hurtles Down at You,\" also from this collection, appears in \u003ci\u003ePEN\/O. Henry Prize Stories 2011\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives with his wife and their three children in Williamstown, Massachusetts.\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 0.71 x 8.01 x 5.23 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 06, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751968276768,"sku":"9780307742148","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b316ae549772a3e2a92503b3c6c3c6e4.webp?v=1779984455","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/you-think-thats-bad-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}