{"product_id":"butter-isbn-9780807030011","title":"Butter","description":"\u003cb\u003eA wide-ranging collection, including two novellas and ten stories exploring complex identities, from the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eCorregidora\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Healing\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePalmares\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Gayl Jones’s work represents a watershed in American literature. From a literary standpoint, her form is impeccable . . . and as a Black woman writer, her truth-telling, filled with beauty, tragedy, humor, and incisiveness, is unmatched.”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Imani Perry, author of, \u003ci\u003eLooking for Lorraine \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Breathe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGayl Jones, who was first edited by Toni Morrison, has been described as one of the great literary writers of the 20th century and was recently a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in fiction. This new collection of short fiction is only the second in her rich career, and one that displays her strengths in the genre in many facets. Opening with two novella-length works, “Butter” and “Sophia,” this collection features Jones’s legendary talents in a range of settings and styles, from the hyper-realist to the mystical, in intricate multi-part stories, in more traditional forms, and even in short fragments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer narrators are women and men, Black, Brown, Indigenous; her settings are historical and contemporary, in South America, Mexico and the US; her themes center on complex identities, unorthodox longings and aspirations. She writes about spies, photographers, playground designers, cartoonists, and baristas, about workers and revolutionaries, about environmentalism, feminism, poetry, film and love, but above all about our multicultural, multiethnic and multiracial society.“Butter”: A novella\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Sophia”: A novella\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Screen Test”: A fragment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A Spy Story”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Garlic Bread”: A novella\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The Costume Maker”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Worker”: A fragment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Mirabeau”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Jigsaw Sandals”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Shuger’s Wife”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The Female Angel”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Horse Race”: A fragment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Bathtub Gin”: A fragment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The Historian, the Actress, and the Playwright”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Ravenna”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The Horse-Believing Woman”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The Lost Stories”: Fragments\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJazz People\u003cbr\u003eAbstract Fiction\u003cbr\u003eCultural Pluralism\u003cbr\u003eSweet Marsala\u003cbr\u003eRainbow People\u003cbr\u003eThe Elephant, or Totem and Taboo\u003cbr\u003eThe Gingerbread Man: An Experiment\u003cbr\u003eWooley Boatman\u003cbr\u003eStephan and Pilar\u003cbr\u003eMrs. Marsipan\u003cbr\u003eAunt Jane’s Dream\u003c\/i\u003e“This collection of new and revised novellas, fragments, and short stories is as varied and diverse as the settings and the characters who inhabit them. As in her previous works, National Book Award finalist Jones explores expansive themes through the perspectives of richly drawn, fascinating characters who are often out of place and time. . . . There is a dreamlike quality as we enter the minds of these characters that is inviting and effective. Even in the briefest of fragments. . . . the reader is left feeling full and satisfied.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A collection of glorious stories and rough fragments. . . . [T]hese stories sing. This is a gift for Jones’s fans.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Every Jones publication is a major event, but this one is particularly precious. This wide ranging collection of short fiction is only the second by one of our most lauded literary authors.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eButter\u003c\/i\u003e tells singing stories of characters navigating multiracial, multicultural societies.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“At this point, I will read anything Gayl Jones has written, and you should too. This is a collection of novellas and stories, some never-before-published and others substantially revised.”\u003cbr\u003e—Karla Strand, \u003ci\u003eMs.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Jones’s writing powerfully blends narrative and lyricism . . . Her imagination seems to thrive on outstripping one’s expectations.”\u003cbr\u003e—Margo Jefferson\u003cb\u003eGayl Jones \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Kentucky in 1949. She attended Connecticut College and Brown University, and has taught at Wellesley College and the University of Michigan. Her landmark books include \u003ci\u003eCorregidora\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEva’s Man\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Healing \u003c\/i\u003e(a National Book Award finalist and\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year), \u003ci\u003ePalmares \u003c\/i\u003e(a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in fiction), and most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe Birdcatcher\u003c\/i\u003e (National Book Award finalist).","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304586203365,"sku":"NP9780807030011","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780807030011.jpg?v=1767723224","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/butter-isbn-9780807030011","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}