{"product_id":"the-dog-stories-9781250069641","title":"The Dog: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Pen\/Robert W. Bingham Prize\u003cbr\u003eNominated for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Exceptional . . . A poisoned world, with ruthless people, apparatchiks, Stakhanovites, rude, cruel, anxious chancers, and all subtly alien, quite without the American gene.\"\u003cb\u003e-Michael Hofmann, \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e (A Best Book of the Year)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Set in the shifting landscape of contemporary China, this riveting, richly imagined collection explodes the country's cultural and social fault lines, revealing a nation accustomed to bitter struggle and the stranglehold of communism as it confronts a generation rife with the promise of unforeseen prosperity.\u003cbr\u003e A wealthy factory owner-once a rural peasant-donates repeatedly to earthquake relief efforts, but digs in his heels when government pressure requires him to give even more; a marginalized but powerful Uyghur gangster clashes with his homosexual grandson; and a dogged journalist is forced to resign as young writers in \"pink Izod golf shirts and knockoff Italian loafers\" write his stories out from under him. With spare, penetrating prose, Livings gives shape to the anonymous faces in the crowd and illuminates the tensions, ironies, and possibilities of life in modern China. As heartbreaking as it is hopeful, \u003ci\u003eThe Dog\u003c\/i\u003e marks the debut of a startling and wildly imaginative new voice in fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jack Livings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/28\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250069641\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/21\/2015 pg. 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJack Livings\u003c\/b\u003e is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dog\u003c\/i\u003e, which was awarded the 2015 PEN\/Robert W. Bingham Prize for debut fiction. His stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eA Public Space\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStoryQuarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Tin House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuernica, The New Delta Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, and have been awarded two Pushcart Prizes. He lives in New York with his family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44216538497139,"sku":"9.78125E+12","price":21.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_a19f7c93-bc62-4080-94df-c505f5017912.jpg?v=1767793558","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-dog-stories-9781250069641","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}