{"product_id":"bad-behavior-isbn-9780593689400","title":"Bad Behavior","description":"\u003cb\u003eNational Book Award finalist Mary Gaitskill’s classic debut collection from the 1980s—powerful stories of dislocation, longing, and desire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow towering and inevitable in its influence on writing by and for young urbanites, \u003ci\u003eBad Behavior\u003c\/i\u003e heralded Mary Gaitskill’s arrival on the literary scene and her establishment as one of the sharpest writing talents of her time, or any time: exquisitely funny and startlingly honest; bold and eye-opening on relationships, sex, and the erotic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in Manhattan's Lower East Side and peopled with artistic freelancers and intelligent sex workers, smug yuppies and love-torn masochists, \u003ci\u003eBad Behavior\u003c\/i\u003e depicts a world equally cruel and tender, where romance and danger go hand in hand. Gaitskill delivers unforgettable stories of a disenchanted and rebellious urban fringe generation groping for human connection.MARY GAITSKILL is the author of the story collections\u003ci\u003e Because They Wanted To\u003c\/i\u003e (nominated for a PEN\/Faulkner Award) and \u003ci\u003eDon't Cry,\u003c\/i\u003e the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Mare\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVeronica\u003c\/i\u003e (nominated for a National Book Award), and \u003ci\u003eTwo Girls, Fat and Thin, \u003c\/i\u003eand the essay collection \u003ci\u003eSomebody with a Little Hammer\u003c\/i\u003e. She has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, and her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, Harper's, Esquire, The Best American Short Stories,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe O. Henry Prize Stories\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48232947679461,"sku":"NP9780593689400","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780593689400.jpg?v=1767722099","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/bad-behavior-isbn-9780593689400","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}