{"product_id":"honored-guest-9781400095520","title":"Honored Guest","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmong the \"best American short stories of the past two decades\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e) from one of our most acclaimed writers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn short stories \"so vibrant and alive they have heartbeats, the prose so electric and dazzling it makes the pulse race\" (\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e), a masseuse breaks her rich client's wrist bone, a friend visits at the hospital long after she is welcome, and a woman surrenders her husband to a creepily adoring student. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith her singular brand of gorgeous dark humor, Joy Williams explores the various ways--comic, tragic, and unnerving--we seek to accommodate diminishment and loss, offering a rich examination of our capacity for transformation and salvation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoy Williams is the author of four novels-the most recent, \u003ci\u003eThe Quick and the Dead, \u003c\/i\u003ewas a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2001-and three other collections of stories, as well as \u003ci\u003eIll Nature, \u003c\/i\u003e a book of essays that was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism. Among her many honors are the Rea Award for the short story and the Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives in Key West, Florida, and Tucson, Arizona.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50544396009746,"sku":"9781400095520","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_19785990-6460-4f56-b69e-a42e9b74fe01.jpg?v=1731527429","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/honored-guest-9781400095520","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}