{"product_id":"9780393541731","title":"This Is Salvaged: Stories","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the High Plains Book Award for Short Stories Longlisted for The Story Prize Longlisted for the Mark Twain American Voice In Literature Award A \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of 2023 • A \u003cem\u003eNew York Public Library\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of 2023 • \u003cem\u003eThe Frontlist\u003c\/em\u003e, Adam Morgan's Substack, Favorite Book of 2023 • A \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e Best Fiction of 2023 • Named a Best Book of Fall 2023 by \u003cem\u003eBustle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003ePushing intimacy to its limits in prose of unearthly beauty, Vauhini Vara explores the nature of being a child, parent, friend, sibling, neighbor, or lover, and the relationships between self and others. A young girl reads the encyclopedia to her elderly neighbor, who is descending into dementia. A pair of teenagers seek intimacy as phone-sex operators. A competitive sibling tries to rise above the drunken mess of her own life to become a loving aunt. One sister consumes the ashes of another. And, in the title story, an experimental artist takes on his most ambitious project yet: constructing a life-size ark according to the Bible’s specifications. In a world defined by estrangement, where is communion to be found? The characters in \u003cem\u003eThis Is Salvaged\u003c\/em\u003e, unmoored in turbulence, are searching fervently for meaning, through one another.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47917890961648,"sku":"9780393541731","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780393541731_p0.jpg?v=1763770750","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780393541731","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}