{"product_id":"separate-kingdoms-stories-9780060840945","title":"Separate Kingdoms: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A work of daunting versatility and technical skill, the product of a writer absolutely at home in the language and working vigorously within both new and old forms.\" --Michael Byers, author of \u003cem\u003eLong for this World \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Coast of Good Intentions\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Pushcart Prize-winner Valerie Laken, author of \u003cem\u003eDream House\u003c\/em\u003e, comes a riveting short story collection charting the divisions and collisions between cultures and nations, families and lovers, selves and others in the United States and Russia. In the tradition of Lydia Peelle, Barbara Johnson, and David Mitchell, Laken creates incisive and illuminating portraits of characters coping with loss, estrangement, and disability, confined by their circumstances to separate kingdoms of the heart. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Valerie Laken\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/29\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060840945\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/20\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2011 pg. 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2011 pg. 31\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaken, Valerie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eValerie Laken teaches at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her first novel, \u003cem\u003eDream House\u003c\/em\u003e, was named of one \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e's Top Ten First Novels and \u003cem\u003eKirkus Review\u003c\/em\u003e's Best Books of 2009.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43099542454387,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":19.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_dbce2c30-4851-473c-8fea-ec52b5ede77c.jpg?v=1748703809","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/separate-kingdoms-stories-9780060840945","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}