{"product_id":"lena-finkles-magic-barrel-a-graphic-novel-9780143125242","title":"Lena Finkle's Magic Barrel: A Graphic Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003e*A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book* \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Funny, painful, outrageous . . . Anya Ulinich is the David Sedaris of Russian-American cartoonists.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Gary Shteyngart \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnya Ulinich turns her sharp eye toward the strange, often unmooring world of \"grown-up\" dating in this darkly comic graphic novel. After her fifteen-year marriage ends, Lena Finkle gets an eye-opening education in love, sex, and loss when she embarks on a string of online dates, all while raising her two teenage daughters. The Vampire of Bensonhurst, the Orphan, Disaster Man, and the Diamond Psychiatrist are just a few of the unforgettable characters she meets along the way. Evoking Louis C. K.'s humor and Amy Winehouse's longing and anguish, and paying homage to Malamud and Chekhov, \u003ci\u003e Lena Finkle's Magic Barrel\u003c\/i\u003e is a funny and moving story, beautifully told.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnya Ulinich\u003c\/b\u003e is the critically acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003ePetropolis\u003c\/i\u003e, which was awarded the Goldberg Prize, named a best book of the year by \u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, and translated into ten languages. Her stories and essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNewsweek, n+1\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Zoetrope: All-Story\u003c\/i\u003e, and she has taught at New York University and Gotham Writers' Workshop. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52078169817362,"sku":"9780143125242","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7a13b50c-b92e-43b2-889c-9eb28dc260e0.jpg?v=1772532918","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lena-finkles-magic-barrel-a-graphic-novel-9780143125242","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}