{"product_id":"ecstatic-cahoots-stuart-dybek-9780374280505","title":"Ecstatic Cahoots","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this remarkable collection of bite-size stories, Stuart Dybek, one of our most prodigious writers, explores the human appetite for rapture and for trust. With fervent intensity and sly wit, he gives each tale his signature mix of characters--some almost ghostly, others vividly real--who live in worlds tinged with surreal potential. There are crazed nuns hijacking streetcars, eerie adventures across frozen ponds, and a boy who is visited by a miniature bride and groom every night in his uncle's doomsday compound. Whether they are about a simple transaction, a brave inquiry, a difficult negotiation, or shared bliss, the stories in \u003ci\u003eEcstatic Cahoots\u003c\/i\u003e target the friction between our need for ecstatic self-transcendence and our passionate longing for trust between lovers, friends, family, and even strangers.\u003cbr\u003e Call it micro-fiction or mini-fiction, flash fiction or short shorts. Whatever the label, the marvelous encounters here are marked by puzzlement, anguish, and conspiratorial high spirits. In this thrilling collection, Stuart Dybek has once again re-envisioned the possibilities of fiction, creating myriad human situations that fold endlessly upon each other, his crackling prose drawing out the strange, the intimate, and the mysterious elements in each.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stuart Dybek\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374280509\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374280505\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/03\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.38h x 5.51w x 0.54d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2014 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/28\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/03\/2014 pg. 22","brand":"Stuart Dybek","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44302061371647,"sku":"9780374280505","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_be0df12c-a98b-49b0-a959-2efecf40a0ec.jpg?v=1695159295","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ecstatic-cahoots-stuart-dybek-9780374280505","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}