{"product_id":"9781618731272","title":"Tender: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first collection of short fiction from a rising star whose stories have been anthologized in the first two volumes of the \u003ci\u003eBest American Science Fiction and Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e series and nominated for many awards. Some of Samatar’s weird and tender fabulations spring from her life and her literary studies; some spring from the world, some from the void.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Sofia Samatar’s Books:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The excerpt from Sofia Samatar’s compelling novel \u003ci\u003eA Stranger in Olondria\u003c\/i\u003e should be enough to make you run out and buy the book. Just don’t overlook her short ‘Selkie Stories Are for Losers,’ the best story about loss and love and selkies I’ve read in years.” —K. Tempest Bradford, NPR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An imaginative, poetic, and dark meditation on how history gets made.” —\u003ci\u003eHello Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Pleasantly startling and unexpected. Her prose is by turns sharp and sumptuous, and always perfectly controlled. . . . There are strains here too of Jane Austen and something wilder.”—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Like an alchemist, Sofia Samatar spins golden landscapes and dazzling sentences.” —\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Beauty, wonder, and a soaring paean to the power of story.”—Jason Heller, NPR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Highly recommended.” —N. K. Jemisin, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSofia Samatar\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eA Stranger in Olondria\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Winged Histories\u003c\/i\u003e. She has written for the \u003ci\u003eGuardian, Strange Horizons\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eClarkesworld\u003c\/i\u003e, among others, and has won the John W. Campbell Award, the Crawford Award, the British Fantasy Award, and the World Fantasy Award. She lives in Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Small Beer Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47177567568112,"sku":"9781618731272","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781618731272_p0.jpg?v=1763854389","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781618731272","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}