{"product_id":"9780802190819","title":"Bream Gives Me Hiccups","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Eisenberg is truly a talented writer. . . Hilarious and poignant.”—\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBream Gives Me Hiccups: And Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is the whip-smart fiction debut of Academy Award-nominated actor Jesse Eisenberg. Known for his iconic film roles but also for his regular pieces in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and his two critically acclaimed plays, Eisenberg is an emerging voice in fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 dormrooms of an American college to ancient Pompeii, throwing the reader into a universe of social misfits, reimagined scenes from history, and ridiculous overreactions. In one piece, a tense email exchange between a young man and his girlfriend is taken over by the man’s sister, who is obsessed with the Bosnian genocide (\u003ci\u003eThe situation reminds me 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\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127947608304,"sku":"9780802190819","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780802190819_p0.jpg?v=1769906512","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780802190819","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}