{"product_id":"love-and-hydrogen-new-and-selected-stories-9781400033492","title":"Love and Hydrogen: New and Selected Stories","description":"\u003ci\u003eI've been a problem baby, a lousy son, a distant brother, an off-putting neighbor, a piss-poor student, a worrisome seatmate, an unreliable employee, a bewildering lover, a frustrating confidante and a crappy husband. Among the things I do pretty well at this point I'd have to list darts, re-closing Stay-Fresh boxes, and staying out of the way. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the self-eulogy offered early on by the unwilling hero of the opening story in this collection, a dazzling array of work in short fiction from a master of the form. The stories in \u003cb\u003eLove and Hydrogen\u003c\/b\u003e--familiar to readers from publications ranging from \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e--encompass in theme and compassion what an ordinary writer would seem to need several lifetimes to imagine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA frustrated wife makes use of an enterprising illegal-gun salesman to hold her husband hostage; two hapless adult-education students botch their attempts at rudimentary piano but succeed in a halting, awkward romance; a fascinated and murderous Creature welcomes the first human visitors to his Black Lagoon; and in the title story, the stupefyingly huge airship Hindenburg flies to its doom, representing in 1937 mankind's greatest yearning as well as its titanic failure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGenerous in scope and astonishing in ambition, Shepard's voice never falters; the virtuosity of \u003cb\u003eLove and Hydrogen\u003c\/b\u003e cements his reputation as, in the words of Rick Bass, \"a passionate writer with a razor-sharp wit and an elephantine heart\"--in short, one of the most powerful talents at work today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jim Shepard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/27\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.16w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400033492\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2003 pg. 1337\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2004 pg. 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2004 pg. 828\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/25\/2004 pg. 9\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/06\/2004 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJim Shepard\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of seven novels and five story collections. He lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts, with his wife, three children, and three beagles. He teaches at Williams College. His books include \u003ci\u003eNosferatu, Project X, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Aron. \u003c\/i\u003eHis short story collection, \u003ci\u003eLike You'd Understand, Anyway, \u003c\/i\u003ewas nominated for the National Book Award and won the Story Prize.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44915001393267,"sku":"9781400033492","price":24.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_60e40393-e275-4c3f-96a2-168c05023824.jpg?v=1777665552","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/love-and-hydrogen-new-and-selected-stories-9781400033492","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}