{"product_id":"the-book-of-beginnings-and-endings-9781932511550","title":"The Book of Beginnings and Endings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Jenny is the future of nonfiction in America. What an absurdly arrogant statement to make. I make it anyway. Watch.\"--John D'Agata\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Yes, Aristotle, there can be pleasure without 'complete and unified action with a beginning, middle, and end.' Jenny Boully has done it.\"--Mary Jo Bang\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA book with only beginnings and endings, all invented. Jenny Boully opens and closes more than fifty topics ranging from physics and astronomy to literary theory and love. A brilliant statement on interruption, impermanence, and imperfection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eJenny Boully\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of\u003ci\u003e The Body: An Essay\u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003e one love affair]*\u003c\/i\u003e. Born in Thailand, she currently divides her time between Texas and Brooklyn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoully is the author of The Body: An Essay (Slope Editions, 2002) and [one love affair]* (Tarpaulin Sky Press, 2006). Born in Thailand, she studied at Hollins University and the University of Notre Dame and is currently a PhD Candidate at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She divides her time between Brooklyn and Texas.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sarabande Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50506730963218,"sku":"9781932511550","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4f1fbd7d-0bf8-4ed8-9147-b5c735861fcf.jpg?v=1730853623","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-book-of-beginnings-and-endings-9781932511550","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}