{"product_id":"bream-gives-me-hiccups-jesse-eisenberg-9780802125323","title":"Bream Gives Me Hiccups","description":"Known for his iconic film roles but also for his regular pieces in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and his critically acclaimed plays, Eisenberg is an emerging literary voice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaking its title from a group of stories that begin the book, \u003ci\u003eBream Gives Me Hiccups\u003c\/i\u003e moves from contemporary L.A. to the dorm rooms of an American college to ancient Pompeii, throwing the reader into a universe of social misfits, reimagines scenes from history, and ridiculous overreactions. In one piece, a tense email exchange between a young man and his girlfriend is taken over by his sister, who is obsessed with the Bosnian genocide (\u003ci\u003eThis situation reminds be of a little historical blip called the Karadordevo agreement\u003c\/i\u003e); in another, a college freshman forced to live with a roommate is stunned when one of her ramen packets goes missing (\u003ci\u003eShe didn't have one of my ramens. She had a chicken ramen\u003c\/i\u003e); in another piece, Alexander Graham Bell has teething problems with his invention (\u003ci\u003eI've been calling Mabel all day, she doesn't pick up! Yes, of course I dialed the right number--2!\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these forty-four stories, Eisenberg combines personal elements with highly imaginative settings, combining tenderness with a tragedy that lurks behind the jokey humor. The pieces, wryly amusing as single stories, become as a whole a touching exploration of the psychology of their protagonists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnited by Eisenberg's gift for character, and grouped into chapters that open with illustrations by award-winning cartoonist Jean Jullien, the witty and moving pieces collected in \u003ci\u003eBream Gives Me Hiccups\u003c\/i\u003e explore the various insanities of the modern world, and mark the arrival of a talented, self-ironic, and original writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jesse Eisenberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802125328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802125323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/09\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Jesse Eisenberg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994148438271,"sku":"9780802125323","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_242a555c-8705-4dbb-9adc-c9288dbc011e.jpg?v=1683328412","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bream-gives-me-hiccups-jesse-eisenberg-9780802125323","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}