{"product_id":"the-gnome-stories-ander-monson-9781644450123","title":"The Gnome Stories: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unsettling, wildly imaginative collection of stories \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Gnome Stories \u003c\/i\u003efocuses on characters who are loners in the truest sense; who are in the process of recovering from mental, physical, or emotional trauma; and who find solace--or at least a sense of purpose--in peculiar jobs and pursuits. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA man whose wife has left him is robbed, so he decides to start doing his own breaking and entering, into his neighbors' homes. When another man's girlfriend is cryogenically frozen by her family after a car accident, he becomes a maintenance worker at the cryogenic facility, eavesdropping on visitors as they whisper secrets to their frozen loved ones. A woman serves as an assistant to the Starvationist, whose methods to help clients lose large amounts of weight are unorthodox, sadistic--and utterly failproof. Another woman and her robot assistant have been hired to tinker with the troubling memories inside a celebrity's brain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eThe Gnome Stories, \u003c\/i\u003eAnder Monson presents eleven unforgettable stories about oddly American situations: as surreal as an urban legend and at the same time perfectly mundane.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ander Monson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1644450127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644450123\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.60w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/02\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2020 pg. 35","brand":"Ander Monson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43984832299263,"sku":"9781644450123","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6b7db3d5-4c9b-46f2-9c7f-e9615126b9f7.jpg?v=1683274393","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-gnome-stories-ander-monson-9781644450123","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}