{"product_id":"the-neorealist-in-winter-stories-9781637680780","title":"The Neorealist in Winter: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eEleven short stories following Italian characters exploring life in an era of media oversaturation.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Salvatore Pane's \u003ci\u003eThe Neorealist in Winter\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of eleven short stories that explore what it means to be human in an age of media oversaturation. Utilizing methods of speculative, historical, and postmodern storytelling, Pane grapples with legacies of immigration, poverty, toxic masculinity, and moral failures, while focusing on working-class issues, family drama, and PTSD. Following eleven Italian narrators, Pane builds a cast of cinematic characters across disparate times and places--a struggling director attends a house party in the\u003ci\u003e la dolce vita\u003c\/i\u003e of 1960s Rome, gangsters chase a low-level lottery runner in coal valley Scranton, a woman contemplates experimental surgery to purge memories of her childhood trauma in Minnesota, and a pro wrestling promoter descends into self-denial through his autobiography. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Neorealist in Winter\u003c\/i\u003e was selected by Venita Blackburn as the winner of the 2022 Autumn House Fiction Prize. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSalvatore Pane \u003c\/b\u003ewas born and raised in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He is the author of two novels, \u003ci\u003eLast Call in the City of Bridges\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Theory of Almost Everything\u003c\/i\u003e, and a book of nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eMega Man 3\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eIndiana Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Short Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Story Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and many others. He has also written video games and graphic novels, and his textbook, \u003ci\u003eStory Mode: Writing Narrative Video Games for Everyone\u003c\/i\u003e, is forthcoming from Bloomsbury. Pane is associate professor at the University of St. Thomas and lives in St. Paul, Minnesota. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Autumn House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50526042358034,"sku":"9781637680780","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fb93dfb7-56c0-4beb-894d-703a384cda06.jpg?v=1731257522","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-neorealist-in-winter-stories-9781637680780","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}