{"product_id":"karate-chop-dorthe-nors-9781555976651","title":"Karate Chop: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first book in English by an acclaimed Danish writer: \"beautiful, faceted, haunting stories . . . [from] a rising star\" (Junot Díaz) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKarate Chop\u003c\/i\u003e, Dorthe Nors's acclaimed story collection, is the debut book in the collaboration between Graywolf Press and \u003ci\u003eA Public Space\u003c\/i\u003e. These fifteen compact stories are meticulously observed glimpses of everyday life that expose the ominous lurking under the ordinary. While his wife sleeps, a husband prowls the Internet, obsessed with female serial killers; a bureaucrat tries to reinvent himself, exposing goodness as artifice when he converts to Buddhism in search of power; a woman sits on the edge of the bed where her lover lies, attempting to locate a motive for his violence within her own self-doubt. Shifting between moments of violence (real and imagined) and mundane contemporary life, these stories encompass the complexity of human emotions, our capacity for cruelty as well as compassion. Not so much minimalist as stealthy, \u003ci\u003eKarate Chop\u003c\/i\u003e delivers its blows with an understatement that shows a master at work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dorthe Nors\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1555976654\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555976651\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.94h x 5.65w x 0.28d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/11\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2014 pg. 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/07\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/09\/2014 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/03\/2014 pg. 30","brand":"Dorthe Nors","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47425329266943,"sku":"9781555976651","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ca4d9e0c-5691-4ba9-b184-c1a2514797db.jpg?v=1761538484","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/karate-chop-dorthe-nors-9781555976651","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}