{"product_id":"2940172220036","title":"Stone Mattress: Thirteen Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of highly imaginative short pieces that speak to our times with deadly accuracy. Vintage Atwood creativity, intelligence, and humor: think \u003ci\u003eAlias Grace\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMargaret Atwood turns to short fiction for the first time since her 2006 collection, \u003ci\u003eMoral Disorder\u003c\/i\u003e, with nine tales of acute psychological insight and turbulent relationships bringing to mind her award-winning 1996 novel, \u003ci\u003eAlias Grace\u003c\/i\u003e. A recently widowed fantasy writer is guided through a stormy winter evening by the voice of her late husband in \"Alphinland,\" the first of three loosely linked stories about the romantic geometries of a group of writers and artists. In \"The Freeze-Dried Bridegroom,\" a man who bids on an auctioned storage space has a surprise. In \"Lusus Naturae,\" a woman born with a genetic abnormality is mistaken for a vampire. In \"Torching the Dusties,\" an elderly lady with Charles Bonnet syndrome comes to terms with the little people she keeps seeing, while a newly formed populist group gathers to burn down her retirement residence. And in \"Stone Mattress,\" a long-ago crime is avenged in the Arctic via a 1.9 billion-year-old stromatolite. In these nine tales, Margaret Atwood is at the top of her darkly humorous and seriously playful game.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Stories and Narrators:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Alphinland\" and  \"Torching the Dusties\" read by Lorna Raver\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Revenant\" read by Mark Bramhall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Dark Lady\" and  \"The Dead Hand Loves You\" read by Arthur Morey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Lusus Naturae\" read by Emily Rankin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"The Freeze-Dried Groom\" read by Rob Delaney\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"I Dream of Zenia with the Bright Red Teeth\" read by Bernadette Dunne\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Stone Mattress\" read by Margaret Atwood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47100245115120,"sku":"2940172220036","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940172220036_p0.jpg?v=1763756375","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940172220036","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}