{"product_id":"the-showcase-george-ovitt-9781953236319","title":"The Showcase","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eMost of my life has become wrapped up in stories, and I sometimes get a case of vertigo when I'm put on the spot and have to tell the unvarnished truth.\u003c\/em\u003e\" \u003cem\u003eThe Showcase\u003c\/em\u003e aspires to tell the truth about a particular time and place-Philadelphia in the 1980s-and to do so by unraveling the intimate lives of ordinary people, individuals coming of age in the decade when America was transformed into a different, less hopeful place than it had once been. The stories of \u003cem\u003eThe Showcase\u003c\/em\u003e also consider the act of storytelling itself, asking, in various ways, how one's version of oneself is fashioned and refashioned, mythologized and, as sometimes happens, turned into fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Ovitt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1953236316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781953236319\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fomite\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/24\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.77d","brand":"George Ovitt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076998754559,"sku":"9781953236319","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_007585be-cdc7-4c6a-a278-164dc864ed10.jpg?v=1685467830","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-showcase-george-ovitt-9781953236319","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}