{"product_id":"the-small-backs-of-children-9780062383259","title":"The Small Backs of Children","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNational Bestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA masterful literary talent explores the treacherous, often violent borders between war and sex, love and art.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWith the flash of a camera, one girl's life is shattered, and a host of others altered forever. . .\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a war-torn village in Eastern Europe, an American photographer captures a heart-stopping image: a young girl flying toward the lens, fleeing a fiery explosion that has engulfed her home and family. The image wins acclaim and prizes, becoming an icon for millions--and a subject of obsession for one writer, the photographer's best friend, who has suffered a devastating tragedy of her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the writer plunges into a suicidal depression, her filmmaker husband enlists several friends, including a fearless bisexual poet and an ingenuous performance artist, to save her by rescuing the unknown girl and bringing her to the United States. And yet, as their plot unfolds, everything we know about the story comes into question: What does the writer really want? Who is controlling the action? And what will happen when these two worlds--east and west, real and virtual--collide?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fierce, provocative, and deeply affecting novel of both ideas and action that blends the tight construction of Julian Barnes's \u003cem\u003eThe Sense of an Ending\u003c\/em\u003e with the emotional power of Anthony Marra's \u003cem\u003eA Constellation of Vital Phenomena\u003c\/em\u003e, Lidia Yuknavitch's \u003cem\u003eThe Small Backs of Children \u003c\/em\u003eis a major step forward from one of our most avidly watched writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eYuknavitch, Lidia:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eLidia Yuknavitch is the author of the National Bestselling novel \u003cem\u003eThe Small Backs of Children, \u003c\/em\u003ewinner of the 2016 Oregon Book Award's Ken Kesey Award for Fiction as well as the Reader's Choice Award, the novel \u003cem\u003eDora: A Headcase\u003c\/em\u003e, and three books of short stories. Her widely acclaimed memoir \u003cem\u003eThe Chronology of Water\u003c\/em\u003e was a finalist for a PEN Center USA award for creative nonfiction and winner of a PNBA Award and the Oregon Book Award Reader's Choice. She founded the workshop series Corporeal Writing in Portland Oregon, where she also teaches Women's Studies, Film Studies, Writing, and Literature. She received her doctorate in Literature from the University of Oregon. She lives in Oregon with her husband Andy Mingo and their renaissance man son, Miles. She is a very good swimmer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50526793793810,"sku":"9780062383259","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_219e1348-9ff4-4ec9-ae29-459003b6b74a.jpg?v=1731283571","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-small-backs-of-children-9780062383259","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}