{"product_id":"pure-hollywood-and-other-stories-9780802129222","title":"Pure Hollywood: And Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePure Hollywood \u003c\/i\u003eis pure gold.\"--Ottessa Moshfegh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe sensational new story collection from one of our sharpest, most original, and daringly cinematic stylists, National Book Award finalist and O Henry Prize winner Christine Schutt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn one eponymous novella and ten stories, \u003ci\u003ePure Hollywood\u003c\/i\u003e brings us into private worlds of corrupt familial love, intimacy, longing, and danger. From an alcoholic widowed actress living in desert seclusion to a young mother whose rejection of her child has terrible consequences, from a newlywed couple who ignore the violent warnings of a painter burned by love to an eerie portrait of erotic obsession, each story is an imagistic snapshot of what it means to live and learn, love and hurt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith \u003ci\u003ePure Hollywood\u003c\/i\u003e Christine Schutt gives us sharply suspenseful and masterfully dark interior portraits of ordinary lives, infused with her signature observation and surprise. Timeless, incisive, and precise, these tales are a rush of blood to the head, portals through which we open our eyes and see the world anew. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHRISTINE SCHUTT\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two collections of stories, \u003ci\u003eNightwork\u003ci\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Day, A Night, Another Day, Summer\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eProsperous Friends\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFlorida\u003c\/i\u003e, a National Book Award finalist, and \u003ci\u003eAll Souls\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Grove Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328356847890,"sku":"9780802129222","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_db6eb78e-aebb-4509-bda7-6a70e5f8563b.jpg?v=1727736908","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/pure-hollywood-and-other-stories-9780802129222","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}