{"product_id":"hint-fiction-robert-swartwood-9780393338461","title":"Hint Fiction: An Anthology of Stories in 25 Words or Fewer","description":"The stories in this collection run the gamut from playful to tragic, conservative to experimental, but they all have one thing in common: they are no more than 25 words long. Robert Swartwood was inspired by Ernest Hemingway's possibly apocryphal six-word story--\"For Sale: baby shoes, never worn\"--to foster the writing of these incredibly short-short stories. He termed them \"hint fiction\" because the few chosen words suggest a larger, more complex chain of events. Spare and evocative, these stories prove that a brilliantly honed narrative can be as startling and powerful as a story of traditional length. The 125 gemlike stories in this collection come from such best-selling and award-winning authors as Joyce Carol Oates, Ha Jin, Peter Straub, and James Frey, as well as emerging writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Swartwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393338460\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393338461\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.30h x 4.50w x 0.50d","brand":"Robert Swartwood","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946583752959,"sku":"9780393338461","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_ac8680fa-45dc-4a6e-bd13-e985934f83fa.jpg?v=1681513979","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hint-fiction-robert-swartwood-9780393338461","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}