{"product_id":"pure-hollywood-christine-schutt-9780802129222","title":"Pure Hollywood: And Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePure Hollywood \u003c\/i\u003eis pure gold.\"--Ottessa Moshfegh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe sensational new story collection from one of our sharpest, most original, and daringly cinematic stylists, National Book Award finalist and O Henry Prize winner Christine Schutt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn one eponymous novella and ten stories, \u003ci\u003ePure Hollywood\u003c\/i\u003e brings us into private worlds of corrupt familial love, intimacy, longing, and danger. From an alcoholic widowed actress living in desert seclusion to a young mother whose rejection of her child has terrible consequences, from a newlywed couple who ignore the violent warnings of a painter burned by love to an eerie portrait of erotic obsession, each story is an imagistic snapshot of what it means to live and learn, love and hurt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith \u003ci\u003ePure Hollywood\u003c\/i\u003e Christine Schutt gives us sharply suspenseful and masterfully dark interior portraits of ordinary lives, infused with her signature observation and surprise. Timeless, incisive, and precise, these tales are a rush of blood to the head, portals through which we open our eyes and see the world anew. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christine Schutt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802129226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802129222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/19\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.20h x 5.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Christine Schutt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994903707903,"sku":"9780802129222","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_42b2d609-6d22-47fb-b45d-d45b9f96fe30.jpg?v=1683332856","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pure-hollywood-christine-schutt-9780802129222","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}