{"product_id":"self-portrait-with-ghost-meng-jin-9798200973668","title":"Self-Portrait with Ghost: Short Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of Little Gods, whose gift merges science, politics and art: the kind of audacity our world needs now (Gina Apostol), comes an immersive and electrifying story collection that explores self-construction, female resilience, and migrations both literal and transformative. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeng Jin's critically acclaimed debut novel, Little Gods, was praised as spectacular and emotionally polyphonic (Omar El-Akkad, BookPage), powerful (Washington Post), and meticulously observed, daringly imagined (Claire Messud). Now Jin turns her considerable talents to short fiction, in ten thematically linked stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten during the turbulent years of the Trump administration and the first year of the pandemic, these stories explore intimacy and isolation, coming-of-age and coming to terms with the repercussions of past mistakes, fraying relationships and surprising moments of connection. Moving between San Francisco and China, and from unsparing realism to genre-bending delight, Self-Portrait with Ghost considers what it means to live in an age of heightened self-consciousness, seemingly endless access to knowledge, and little actual power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePage-turning, thought-provoking, and wholly unique, Self-Portrait with Ghost further establishes Meng Jin as a writer who reminds us that possible explanations in our universe are as varied as the beings who populate it (Paris Review).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Meng Jin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8200973662\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798200973668\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e CD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.80h x 5.60w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e PEN\/Faulkner Award - Nominee","brand":"Meng Jin","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":44054233317631,"sku":"9798200973668","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b8127791-93d6-408b-8014-4786fc3da62b.jpg?v=1685028788","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/self-portrait-with-ghost-meng-jin-9798200973668","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}