{"product_id":"a-different-kind-of-tension-jonathan-lethem-9780063388840","title":"A Different Kind of Tension: New and Selected Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA definitive collection of new and selected stories by a master of the form. \"Comparisons might be drawn to writers ranging from Jorge Luis Borges and Haruki Murakami to Margaret Atwood and J. D. Salinger. All of Lethem's stories are enlivened by his wit and provocative wordplay\" (\u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis dazzling, genre-defying collection from Jonathan Lethem features seven major stories published since his last collection, along with his best work spanning more than three decades. A major new story, \"The Red Sun School of Thoughts,\" never published elsewhere, follows a teenaged boy coming to terms with figures of authority and power--those both in his own biological family and in the family he creates for himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElsewhere we meet \"Super Goat Man,\" a down-at-heels bohemian superhero; \"The Porn Critic,\" whose accidental expertise wrecks his own romantic aspirations; and \"Sleepy People,\" who pose interpersonal conundrums without ever rousing from their slumber. Fluidly moving between realism and the surreal, the absurd and the mundane, \u003cem\u003eA Different Kind of Tension \u003c\/em\u003eis a container bursting with life and death, couples in trouble, talking animals, technologies on the fritz. Through it all are people longing to be seen and to connect; to thrive, love, and be forgiven. \"This is the joy of reading Jonathan Lethem: you never know what you're going to get\" (\u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Lethem\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0063388847\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063388840\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/23\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.42lbs","brand":"Jonathan Lethem","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46618243301631,"sku":"9780063388840","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3bfba9ac-b176-4bb7-a1c9-4b6d20c53e38.jpg?v=1740069558","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-different-kind-of-tension-jonathan-lethem-9780063388840","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}