{"product_id":"the-art-of-fiction-kevin-prufer-9781945588723","title":"The Art of Fiction","description":"\u003ci\u003eAn investigation, performed through storytelling, of the constructed beliefs of society and individuals\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this his eighth collection of poetry (and fifth with Four Way Books), Prufer's career-spanning talent for estranging the familiar--and also for recording the unthinkable with eerie directness--recurs, enhanced and transformed by the collection's meta-level attention to the role of fiction in our civic lives. Prufer describes, often through personae, a near future, tracing there the political gambit of Fake News and the role of the imagination in our self-understanding (whether it's cogent or delusional). Via both satire and direct address (to the point of reader-squeamishness), Prufer aims to understand the ugly-casual atmosphere of our often racialized, pervasive distrust. \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e fundamentally understands that fictions are deployed to divide us, and they work: they get under our skin. Prufer powerfully explores the roles of imagination and art in how we explain ourselves to ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kevin Prufer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1945588721\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781945588723\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Four Way Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/22\/2021","brand":"Kevin Prufer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051240812799,"sku":"9781945588723","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_85aa347a-17ee-4c10-9a86-15db7cfcac54.jpg?v=1685011918","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-art-of-fiction-kevin-prufer-9781945588723","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}