{"product_id":"limbo-and-other-places-i-have-lived-short-stories-9780060934859","title":"Limbo, and Other Places I Have Lived: Short Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn an elegant and penetrating first short-story collection, \u003cem\u003eLimbo, and Other Places I Have Lived, \u003c\/em\u003e Lily Tuck's characters travel to unknown, exotic places and, while there, find themselves deeply immersed in observation -- of the natives, the local customs, the foreign landscape -- in an effort to discern some elemental truth about who they themselves are. Instead, these women meet with disorientation, confusion; they are disappointed by the people closest to them -- lovers, husbands, family members. Finally, they arrive at the sometimes heartbreaking but ultimately optimistic realization that the answers they seek lie not in other people or places but within themselves. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLimbo, and Other Places I Have Lived\u003c\/em\u003e is a brilliant collection from a writer of exceptional poise and insight.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lily Tuck\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/24\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.56h x 6.44w x 0.49d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060934859\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/19\/2003 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTuck, Lily:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Paris, LILY TUCK is the author of four previous novels: \u003cem\u003eInterviewing Matisse, or the Woman Who Died Standing Up\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThe Woman Who Walked on Water\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eSiam, or the Woman Who Shot a Man\u003c\/em\u003e, which was nominated for the 2000 PEN\/Faulkner Award for Fiction; and \u003cem\u003eThe News from Paraguay\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of theNational Book Award. She is also the author of the biography \u003cem\u003eWoman of Rome: A Life of Elsa Morante\u003c\/em\u003e. Her short stories have appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e and are collected in \u003cem\u003eLimbo and Other Places I Have Lived\u003c\/em\u003e. Lily Tuck divides her time between Maine and New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39921809424499,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":13.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_0c5e5aeb-18ce-450b-99ee-8814f94cd753.jpg?v=1647351932","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/limbo-and-other-places-i-have-lived-short-stories-9780060934859","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}