{"product_id":"loss-of-memory-is-only-temporary-stories-9780063061637","title":"Loss of Memory Is Only Temporary: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA funny, fresh, and brilliantly insightful collection of stories from a beloved writer, with a new introduction by Francine Prose\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohanna Kaplan's beautifully written stories first burst on the literary scene in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Today they have retained all of their depth, surprise, and humor--their simultaneously scathing, hilarious, and compassionate insight into character and behavior. From Miriam, home from school with the measles, to Louise, the daughter of a family that fled Vienna for the Dominican Republic, to Naomi, a young psychiatrist, her heroines are fierce, tender, funny, and cuttingly smart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once specific to a particular period, place, and milieu--mainly, Jewish New York in the decades after World War II--Kaplan's stories resonate with universal significance. In this new collection, which includes both early and later stories, unforgettably vivid characters are captured in all of their forceful presence and singularity, their foolishness and their wisdom, their venality and their nobility, while, hovering in the background, the inexorable passage of time and the unending pull of memory render silent judgment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn its pitch-perfect command of dialogue matched with interwoven subtleties of insight and feeling and a masterful control of language, \u003cem\u003eLoss of Memory Is Only Temporary\u003c\/em\u003e is itself a timeless collection of the finest work by one of the most extraordinary talents of our age. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eProse, Francine:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eFrancine Prose is the author of twenty-one works of fiction including, the highly acclaimed \u003cem\u003eMister Monkey\u003c\/em\u003e; the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eLovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eA Changed Man\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize; and \u003cem\u003eBlue Angel\u003c\/em\u003e, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her works of nonfiction include the highly praised \u003cem\u003eAnne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife, \u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eReading Like a Writer\u003c\/em\u003e, which has become a classic. The recipient of numerous grants and honors, including a Guggenheim and a Fulbright, a Director's Fellow at the Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library, Prose is a former president of PEN American Center, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is a Distinguished Writer in Residence at Bard College.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50512375382290,"sku":"9780063061637","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_305aa656-ff93-44dc-b24c-c104cd2762b9.jpg?v=1730952883","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/loss-of-memory-is-only-temporary-stories-9780063061637","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}