{"product_id":"fresh-complaint-stories-9781250192721","title":"Fresh Complaint: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first collection of short fiction from Jeffrey Eugenides, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Virgin Suicides\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMiddlesex\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJeffrey Eugenides's bestselling novels have shown him to be an astute observer of the crises of adolescence, self-discovery, family love, and what it means to be American. The stories in \u003ci\u003eFresh Complaint\u003c\/i\u003e explore equally rich----and intriguing----territory. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRanging from the bitingly reproductive antics of \"Baster\" to the dreamy, moving account of a young traveler's search for enlightenment in \"Air Mail\" (selected by Annie Proulx for \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e), this collection presents characters in the midst of personal and national emergencies. We meet a failed poet who, envious of other people's wealth during the real-estate bubble, becomes an embezzler; a clavichordist whose dreams of art flounder under the obligations of marriage and fatherhood; and, in \u003ci\u003eFresh Complaint\u003c\/i\u003e, a high school student whose wish to escape the strictures of her immigrant family lead her to a drastic decision that upends the life of a middle-aged British physicist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNarratively compelling, beautifully written, and packed with a density of ideas despite their fluid grace, these stories chart the development and maturation of a major American writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeffrey Eugenides\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Detroit and attended Brown and Stanford Universities. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Virgin Suicides\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by FSG to great acclaim in 1993, and he has received numerous awards for his work. In 2003, he received the Pulitzer Prize for his novel \u003ci\u003eMiddlesex\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG, 2002), which was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and France's Prix Médicis. \u003ci\u003eThe Marriage Plot \u003c\/i\u003e(FSG, 2011) was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and won both the Prix Fitzgerald and the Madame Figaro Literary Prize. Eugenides is a professor of creative writing in the Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50662383452434,"sku":"9781250192721","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_db044958-feaa-46c0-bd3b-fe4cdc385a72.jpg?v=1733522042","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/fresh-complaint-stories-9781250192721","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}