{"product_id":"9780375714078","title":"Short People","description":"\u003cp\u003eJames Michener Fellowship winner Joshua Furst's widely acclaimed debut collection explores the perils and paradoxes of childhood in ten harrowing, moving, and surprising stories, offering a rare and unsentimental depiction of the lives of American youth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \"The Age of Exploration,\" two boys experience the world so differently—Billy through science; Jason with fantastical powers of imagination—that they sense their lives will stray irrevocably away from each other. In \"Red Lobster,\" which won the Nelson Algren Award, a gaggle of children try to please the father who has rounded them up from their various homes to take them to a fateful dinner. And in the collection's climactic story, \"Failure to Thrive,\" a maternity ward nurse takes compassion too far. Emotionally astute, brilliantly written, these stories mark the arrival of a powerful new voice in American literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47012998185200,"sku":"9780375714078","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780375714078_p0.jpg?v=1769916176","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780375714078","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}