{"product_id":"the-new-yorker-stories-9781439168752","title":"The New Yorker Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe perfect book for new fans and decade-long supporters alike, \u003ci\u003eAnn Beattie: The New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eprovides readers with a lifetime worth of short stories from one of the most original and celebrated voices of her generation. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Ann Beattie began publishing short stories in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003ein the mid-seventies, she emerged with a voice so original, and so uncannily precise and prescient in its assessment of her characters' drift and narcissism, that she was instantly celebrated as a voice of her generation. Her name became an adjective: \u003ci\u003eBeattiesque\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSubtle, wry, and unnerving, she is a master observer of the unraveling of the American family, and of the myriad small occurrences and affinities that unite us. Her characters, over nearly four decades, have moved from lives of fickle desire to the burdens and inhibitions of adulthood and on to failed aspirations, sloppy divorces, and sometimes enlightenment, even grace. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach Beattie story, says Margaret Atwood, is \"like a fresh bulletin from the front: we snatch it up, eager to know what's happening out there on the edge of that shifting and dubious no-man's-land known as interpersonal relations.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith an unparalleled gift for dialogue and laser wit, she delivers flash reports on the cultural landscape of her time. \u003ci\u003eAnn Beattie: The New Yorker Stories \u003c\/i\u003eis the perfect initiation for readers new to this iconic American writer and a glorious return for those who have known and loved her work for decades.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnn Beattie has been included in five O. Henry Award Collections, in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories of the Century\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the recipient of the PEN\/Malamud Award for achievement in the short story. In 2005, she received the Rea Award for the Short Story. The former Edgar Allan Poe Professor of Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Virginia, she is a member of The American Academy of Arts and Letters and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She and her husband, Lincoln Perry, live in Maine, Virginia, and Florida.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50726574719250,"sku":"9781439168752","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_271738bb-31f0-4e47-a465-01ab36256f70.jpg?v=1734875522","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-new-yorker-stories-9781439168752","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}