{"product_id":"9781940233406","title":"Visits to the Confabulatorium","description":"\u003cp\u003eHanarejima's arsenal of emotions give the Confabulatorium an extra texture that is truly rare in literature these days. Nothing copycat here; no imitation; a defiant style that bucks the trend. This book has made me ecstatic for his emergence in a culture in dire need of such an authentic, fun, articulate and pretenseless voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Zachary Amendt, author of \u003ci\u003eSTAY\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOpen Concept\u003c\/i\u003e, and the editor of \u003ci\u003eFRESH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInventive stories from a new talent to watch. Some of the shortest stories here have the most impact. This is a collection with a distinctive voice, and Soramimi Hanarejima is a writer to add to your list. An impressive effort.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Matthew Salesses, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hundred-Year Flood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this unique and charming debut, Hanarejima weaves vignettes of 'another world, intermingled with our own', where ideas come in standard sizes, and mental models are tangible... A visit to the confabulatorium is refreshing, rewarding - and recommended!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Tasneem Zehra Husain, author of \u003ci\u003eOnly The Longest Threads \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the absence of curiosity in \"Mismanagement of Restlessness\" to the diagnosis of \"lazy mind's eye\" in \"Anisotropy,\" the reality unreality that exists in each story captures you, turns you around and then sets you down again, in the same place but different somehow. The stories in Visits to the Confabulatorium linger long after the last line is read, teasing you to return and travel along those lines again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Nancy Christie, author of \u003ci\u003eTraveling Left of Center and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoramimi Hanarejima's Visits to the Confabulatorium is undeniably humorous and philosophical and exuberantly contemplative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Eleanor Levine, author of \u003ci\u003eWaitress at the Red Moon Pizzeria\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStolen intuition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sugar rush of sweet compliments.\u003cbr\u003eTraps set to capture the imagination.\u003cbr\u003eThe frantic search for errant curiosity.\u003cbr\u003ePrescription glasses for lazy mind's eye.\u003cbr\u003eThese things and more shape the lives of the characters inhabiting the fanciful stories in\u003cbr\u003eVisits to the Confabulatorium. With emotional honesty rendered in surreal circumstances,\u003cbr\u003ethis collection invites readers into the quietly tangled terrain of interpersonal and intrapersonal relationships-a realm blending inner life with worldly consequences-where the reader can be simultaneously visitor and citizen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Montag Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47063047340272,"sku":"9781940233406","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781940233406_p0.jpg?v=1763668388","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781940233406","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}