{"product_id":"9781439175729","title":"Palo Alto: Stories","description":"Now a “provocative” and “impressive” (\u003ci\u003eVariety\u003c\/i\u003e) film from director Gia Coppola (Francis Ford Coppola’s granddaughter)—starring Emma Roberts, James Franco, Nat Wolff, and Val Kilmer—the fiction debut from James Franco that \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e called “compelling and gutsy.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Franco’s story collection traces the lives of a group of teenagers as they experiment with vices of all kinds, struggle with their families and one another, and succumb to self-destructive, often heartless nihilism. In “Lockheed” a young woman’s summer—spent working a dull internship—is suddenly upended by a spectacular incident of violence at a house party. In “American History” a high school freshman attempts to impress a girl with a realistic portrayal of a slave owner during a classroom skit—only to have his feigned bigotry avenged. In “I Could Kill Someone,” a lonely teenager buys a gun with the aim of killing his high school tormentor, but begins to wonder about his bully’s own inner life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese “spare and riveting” (\u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e) stories are a compelling portrait of lives on the rough fringes of youth.\u003ci\u003e Palo Alto\u003c\/i\u003e is, “a collection of beautifully written stories” (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) that “capture with perfect pitch the impossible exhilaration, the inevitable downbeatness, and the pure confusion of being an adolescent” (\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFeatures a bonus essay by James Franco on Gia Coppola's film adaptation.","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127905042672,"sku":"9781439175729","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781439175729_p0.jpg?v=1763757517","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781439175729","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}