{"product_id":"rag-stories-9780374246235","title":"Rag: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice. One of \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Short Story Collections of 2019. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eVol. 1 Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTor.com\u003c\/i\u003e's Books to Read in February. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sharp, haunting . . . [Meijer] writes wonderfully of the trap of the self, with its impossible prisons of circumstance and identity, not to mention the perversity of being buried alive, alone, inside a body.\" --Merritt Tierce, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eHeartbreaker\u003c\/i\u003e, a disquieting collection tracing the destructive consequences of the desire for connection\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA man, forgotten by the world, takes care of his deaf brother while euthanizing dogs for a living. A stepbrother so desperately wants to become his stepsibling that he rapes his girlfriend. In Maryse Meijer's decidedly dark and searingly honest collection \u003ci\u003eRag\u003c\/i\u003e, the desperate human desire for connection slips into a realm that approximates horror. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeijer's explosive debut collection, \u003ci\u003eHeartbreaker\u003c\/i\u003e, reinvented sexualized and romantic taboos, holding nothing back. In \u003ci\u003eRag\u003c\/i\u003e, Meijer's fearless follow-up, she shifts her focus to the dark heart of intimacies of all kinds, and the ways in which isolated people's yearning for community can breed violence, danger, and madness. With unparalleled precision, Meijer spins stories that leave you troubled and slightly shaken by her uncanny ability to elicit empathy for society's most marginalized people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaryse Meijer\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the story collection \u003ci\u003eHeartbreaker\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG, 2016), which was one of \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e's 25 Best Short Story Collections of 2016. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eMeridian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePortland Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWashington Square Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIndiana Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eactual paper\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Chicago.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Fsg Originals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491695857938,"sku":"9780374246235","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6732cc69-d704-4e35-a8aa-e804385f91ec.jpg?v=1730550167","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/rag-stories-9780374246235","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}