{"product_id":"stone-arabia-9781451617979","title":"Stone Arabia","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the National Book Award nominated author of \u003ci\u003eInnocents and Others\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWayward\u003c\/i\u003e, \"a smart, subtle, moving story about the complicated business of knowing the people you love\" (\u003ci\u003eBook Forum\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the sibling relationship, \"there are no first impressions, no seductions, no getting to know each other,\" says Denise Kranis. For Denise and her brother, Nik, now in their forties, no relationship is more significant. They grew up in Los Angeles in the late seventies and early eighties. Nik was always the artist, always wrote music, always had a band. Now he makes his art in private, obsessively documenting the work but never testing it in the world. Denise remains Nik's most passionate and acute audience; she is also the crucial support for Nik and for their aging mother, whose dementia seems to threaten her own memory. When Denise's daughter, Ada, decides to make a film about Nik, everyone's vulnerabilities escalate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eStone Arabia, \u003c\/i\u003eDana Spiotta \"explores the inner workings of celebrity, family, and other modern-day mythologies\" (\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDana Spiotta is the author of \u003ci\u003eInnocents and Others\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eStone Arabia\u003c\/i\u003e, A National Books Critics Circle Award finalist; and \u003ci\u003eEat the Document\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Award. Spiotta is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Rome Prize for Literature. Her most recent novel is \u003ci\u003eWayward\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Syracuse, New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50527615615250,"sku":"9781451617979","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_52ef0f29-4303-4a67-8217-17cad8e6b8ef.jpg?v=1731308434","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/stone-arabia-9781451617979","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}