{"product_id":"the-bliss-of-your-attention-david-borofka-9781421450544","title":"The Bliss of Your Attention: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful story collection that celebrates those who strive and fail and strive again.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf Joseph Campbell's dictum--\"follow your bliss\"--has become inspiration and goad, accusation and clich?, then the characters in David Borofka's \u003ci\u003eThe Bliss of Your Attention\u003c\/i\u003e are all the more puzzled by what their futures portend. Their bliss is never clear nor independent of others, for the characters in these stories are ever in search of connection, understanding, and validation. Borofka, whose collection \u003ci\u003eA Longing for Impossible Things\u003c\/i\u003e was selected by the American Book Fest as the 2021 winner of the American Fiction Award for the Short Story, masterfully charts the spectrum of human emotion and the difficulty of connection in these pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Borofka\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421450542\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421450544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.59d","brand":"David Borofka","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46384185508095,"sku":"9781421450544","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-bliss-of-your-attention-david-borofka-9781421450544","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}