{"product_id":"the-collected-stories-of-amy-hempel-9780743291637","title":"The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel","description":"\u003cb\u003eAmy Hempel is a master of the short story.\u003c\/b\u003e This celebrated volume gathers together her complete work -- four short collections of stunning stories about marriages, minor disasters, and moments of revelation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With her inimitable compassion and wit, Hempel introduces characters who make choices that seem inevitable, and whose longings and misgivings evoke eternal human experience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For readers who have known Hempel's work for decades and for those who are just discovering her, this indispensable volume contains all the stories in \u003ci\u003eReasons to Live\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAt the Gates of the Animal Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTumble Home\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Dog of the Marriage\u003c\/i\u003e. No reader of great writing should be without it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmy Hempel is the author of \u003ci\u003eSing to It, The Dog of the Marriage, Tumble Home, At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom, Reasons to Live, \u003c\/i\u003eand the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eUnleashed. \u003c\/i\u003e Her stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eHarper's, Vanity Fair, GQ, Tin House, The Harvard Review, The Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, and have been widely anthologized, including \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Best Nonrequired Reading. \u003c\/i\u003eShe teaches in the Graduate Writing Program at Bennington College, and at Stony Brook Southampton. She lives near New York City. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRick Moody is the author of the award-winning memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Black Veil\u003c\/i\u003e, the novels \u003ci\u003eHotels of North America\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Four Fingers of Death\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Diviners\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePurple America\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Ice Storm\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGarden State\u003c\/i\u003e, and multiple collections of short fiction. Moody is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, and his work has been anthologized in Best American Stories, Best American Essays, and the Pushcart Prize anthology. He lives in Rhode Island.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614333571346,"sku":"9780743291637","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cc5c1406-55e2-49dd-b1a8-d3fdf9df9a33.jpg?v=1732439375","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-collected-stories-of-amy-hempel-9780743291637","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}