{"product_id":"9781620406748","title":"Black Vodka: Ten Stories","description":"The stories in \u003ci\u003eBlack Vodka\u003c\/i\u003e, by acclaimed author Deborah Levy, are perfectly formed worlds unto themselves, written in elegant yet economical prose. She is a master of the short story, exploring loneliness and belonging; violence and tenderness; the ephemeral and the solid; the grotesque and the beautiful; love and infidelity; and fluid identities national, cultural, and personal. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \"Shining a Light,” a woman's lost luggage is juxtaposed with far more serious losses. An icy woman seduces a broken man in \"Vienna,” and a man's empathy threatens to destroy him in \"Stardust Nation.” \"Cave Girl” features a girl who wants to be a different kind of woman-she succeeds in a shocking way. A deformed man seeks beauty amid his angst in the title story. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese are twenty-first century lives dissected with razor-sharp humor and curiosity. Published simultaneously with \u003ci\u003eThings I Don't Want to Know: On Writing\u003c\/i\u003e, Levy's stories will send you tumbling into a rabbit hole, and you won't be able to scramble out until long after you've turned the last page. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Deborah Levy showed she is a top-hitting novelist with a Man Booker Prize shortlist place for \u003ci\u003eSwimming Home\u003c\/i\u003e. Can she conquer the genre which demands she fashion perfect jewels? . . .  Yes, Levy can do macro- and microcosm. These tales of unconventional love reinforce her reputation as a major contemporary writer who never pulls her punches.” -\u003ci\u003eThe Independent \u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47134476992752,"sku":"9781620406748","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781620406748_p0.jpg?v=1763858351","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781620406748","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}