{"product_id":"o-fallen-angel-9780062572684","title":"O Fallen Angel","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe haunting debut novel that put Kate Zambreno on the map, \u003cem\u003eO Fallen Angel\u003c\/em\u003e, is a provocative, voice-driven story of a family in crisis--and, more broadly, the crisis of the American family--now repackaged and with a new introduction by Lidia Yuknavitch.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInspired by Francis Bacon's \u003cem\u003eThree Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion\u003c\/em\u003e, Kate Zambreno's brilliant novel is a triptych of modern-day America set in a banal Midwestern landscape, told from three distinct, unforgettable points of view.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is \"Mommy,\" a portrait of housewife psychosis, fenced in by her own small mind. There is \"Maggie,\" Mommy's unfortunate daughter whom she infects with fairytales. Then there is the mysterious martyr-figure Malachi, a Cassandra in army fatigues, the Septimus Smith to Mommy's Mrs. Dalloway, who stands at the foot of the highway holding signs of fervent prophecy, gaping at the bottomless abyss of the human condition, while SUVs scream past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeeply poignant, sometimes hilarious, and other times horrifying, \u003cem\u003eO Fallen Angel \u003c\/em\u003eis satire at its best. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eYuknavitch, Lidia:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eLidia Yuknavitch is the author of the National Bestselling novel \u003cem\u003eThe Small Backs of Children, \u003c\/em\u003ewinner of the 2016 Oregon Book Award's Ken Kesey Award for Fiction as well as the Reader's Choice Award, the novel \u003cem\u003eDora: A Headcase\u003c\/em\u003e, and three books of short stories. Her widely acclaimed memoir \u003cem\u003eThe Chronology of Water\u003c\/em\u003e was a finalist for a PEN Center USA award for creative nonfiction and winner of a PNBA Award and the Oregon Book Award Reader's Choice. She founded the workshop series Corporeal Writing in Portland Oregon, where she also teaches Women's Studies, Film Studies, Writing, and Literature. She received her doctorate in Literature from the University of Oregon. She lives in Oregon with her husband Andy Mingo and their renaissance man son, Miles. She is a very good swimmer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eZambreno, Kate:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eKate Zambreno is also the author of two novels and three books of nonfiction. She lives in New York and teaches writing at Columbia University and Sarah Lawrence College.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503016710418,"sku":"9780062572684","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_138bd763-73c0-440c-b2fc-9fb2f1f3913e.jpg?v=1730780951","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/o-fallen-angel-9780062572684","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}