{"product_id":"the-bigness-of-the-world-lori-ostlund-9780820334097","title":"The Bigness of the World","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Lori Ostlund's debut collection people seeking escape from situations at home venture out into a world that they find is just as complicated and troubled as the one they left behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn prose highlighted by both satire and poignant observation, Ostlund offers characters that represent a different sort of everyman--men and women who poke fun at ideological rigidity while holding fast to good grammar and manners, people seeking connections in a world that seems increasingly foreign. In \"Upon Completion of Baldness\" a young woman shaves her head for a part in a movie in Hong Kong that will help her escape life with her lover in Albuquerque. The precocious narrator of \"All Boy\" finds comfort when he is locked in a closet by a babysitter. In \"Dr. Deneau's Punishment\" a math teacher leaving New York for Minnesota as a means of punishing himself engages in an unsettling method of discipline. A lesbian couple whose relationship is disintegrating flees to the Moroccan desert in \"The Children beneath the Seat.\" And in \"Idyllic Little Bali\" a group of Americans gathers around a pool in Java to discuss their brushes with fame and ends up witnessing a man's fatal flight from his wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the eleven stories in \u003ci\u003eThe Bigness of the World\u003c\/i\u003e we see that wherever you are in the world, where you came from is never far away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lori Ostlund\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 082033409X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820334097\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Lambda Literary Awards - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Triangle Awards - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/31\/2009 pg. 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2009 pg. 28","brand":"Lori Ostlund","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064766116095,"sku":"9780820334097","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a485905c-ab25-41c2-83e8-bb06e805288a.jpg?v=1768670910","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-bigness-of-the-world-lori-ostlund-9780820334097","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}