{"product_id":"9780692365939","title":"Comeuppance: Stories from the 1960s","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Comeuppance\" is a delight to read, and contains a sometimes disturbing, sometimes beautiful, but always a vivid conglomeration of seemingly real stories from the American 1960s. (5\/5 stars) - Portland Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThose who grew up during the 1960s will find much to bring back their own memories of first loves and losses; those after that generation will find common ground both in the stories and in our current state of cultural upheaval. (5\/5 stars) - San Francisco Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this collection of eleven diverse stories from the Sixties, Michael C. Ahn presents vignettes of a period when bow ties gave way to long hair. Some stories are poignant, others haunting or riveting, but all evoke a decade of shifting mood in the country. A handful of these stories have previously appeared in literary reviews.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this collection: A roommate uses bizarre means to learn about women; a brilliant physics professor is unyielding to a desperate student; a photographer thinks he's found a clever way to seduce a beautiful coed; a sophomore sells paper dresses hoping to buy a car; a student has flashbacks of his lovers, a Vietnamese woman and his former teacher; a returning senior is caught between the hip world and the conventional world while trying to avoid the draft; and a Chinese Texan is invited to join a Jewish fraternity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vineyard Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50056770060528,"sku":"9780692365939","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780692365939_p0.jpg?v=1784732398","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780692365939","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}