{"product_id":"9780802125323","title":"Bream Gives Me Hiccups","description":"\u003cp\u003eKnown for his iconic film roles but also for his regular pieces in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and his critically acclaimed plays, Eisenberg is an emerging literary voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking its title from a group of stories that begin the book, \u003ci\u003eBream Gives Me Hiccups\u003c\/i\u003e moves from contemporary L.A. to the dorm rooms of an American college to ancient Pompeii, throwing the reader into a universe of social misfits, reimagines scenes from history, and ridiculous overreactions. In one piece, a tense email exchange between a young man and his girlfriend is taken over by his sister, who is obsessed with the Bosnian genocide ( \u003ci\u003eThis situation reminds be of a little historical blip called the Karadordevo agreement\u003c\/i\u003e ); in another, a college freshman forced to live with a roommate is stunned when one of her ramen packets goes missing ( \u003ci\u003eShe didn't have \"one\" of my ramens. She had a chicken ramen\u003c\/i\u003e ); in another piece, Alexander Graham Bell has teething problems with his invention ( \u003ci\u003eI've been calling Mabel all day, she doesn't pick up! Yes, of course I dialed the right number—2!\u003c\/i\u003e ). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these forty-four stories, Eisenberg combines personal elements with highly imaginative settings, combining tenderness with a tragedy that lurks behind the jokey humor. The pieces, wryly amusing as single stories,become as a whole a touching exploration of the psychology of their protagonists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnited by Eisenberg’s gift for character, and grouped into chapters that open with illustrations by award-winning cartoonist Jean Jullien, the witty and moving pieces collected in \u003ci\u003eBream Gives Me Hiccups\u003c\/i\u003e explore the various insanities of the modern world, and mark the arrival of a talented, self-ironic, and original writer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grove Atlantic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47011365880048,"sku":"9780802125323","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780802125323_p0.jpg?v=1763664611","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780802125323","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}