{"product_id":"proper-name-and-other-stories-bernadette-mayer-9780811213257","title":"Proper Name and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eProper Name\u003c\/em\u003e collects for the first time the inimitable stories of Bernadette Mayer--\"one of the most original writers of her generation\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe nineteen narratives of \u003cem\u003eProper Name\u003c\/em\u003e include \"My Excellent Novel,\" \"Ice Cube Epigrams,\" \"Essay: How Carefully Do We Tend?\" and \"Juan Gave Nora a Pomegranate.\" Mayer's structural inventions are terrific and unique. As Fanny Howe remarked in \u003cem\u003eThe American Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \"In a language made up of idiom and lyricism, Mayer cancels the boundaries between prose and poetry.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bernadette Mayer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0811213250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811213257\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.97h x 5.23w x 0.46d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/06\/1996 pg. 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/1996 pg. 639","brand":"Bernadette Mayer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926340337919,"sku":"9780811213257","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_e6df32e0-5456-4cfc-b2d6-0e0ec7032a17.jpg?v=1681082529","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/proper-name-and-other-stories-bernadette-mayer-9780811213257","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}