{"product_id":"9780063160712","title":"Self-Portrait with Ghost","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e“A knockout short story collection...Each one of these 10 dizzyingly immersive stories offers up a heady and visceral portrait of what ails us, from isolation and self-doubt, to unrequited love and regret over what might have been, to what it means to be (and to be considered) an American.\" — \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeng Jin’s critically acclaimed debut novel, \u003cem\u003eLittle Gods, \u003c\/em\u003ewas praised as “spectacular and emotionally polyphonic (Omar El-Akkad, \u003cem\u003eBookPage\u003c\/em\u003e), “powerful” (\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e), and “meticulously observed, daringly imagined” (Claire Messud). Now Jin turns her considerable talents to short fiction, in ten thematically linked stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten during the turbulent years of the Trump administration and the first year of the pandemic, these stories explore intimacy and isolation, coming-of-age and coming to terms with the repercussions of past mistakes, fraying relationships and surprising moments of connection. Moving between San Francisco and China, and from unsparing realism to genre-bending delight, \u003cem\u003eSelf-Portrait with Ghost\u003c\/em\u003e considers what it means to live in an age of heightened self-consciousness, seemingly endless access to knowledge, and little actual power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePage-turning, thought-provoking, and wholly unique, \u003cem\u003eSelf-Portrait with Ghost \u003c\/em\u003efurther establishes Meng Jin as a writer who “reminds us that possible explanations in our universe are as varied as the beings who populate it” (\u003cem\u003eParis Review\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47043813605616,"sku":"9780063160712","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780063160712_p0.jpg?v=1763634764","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780063160712","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}