{"product_id":"the-wilds-isbn-9781935639923","title":"The Wilds","description":"\u003cb\u003eTeetering between the ridiculous and the sublime, The Wilds blends Southern gothic strangeness with dystopian absurdities, sci-fi speculations, and fairy-tale transformations.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt an obscure South Carolina nursing home, a lost world reemerges as a disabled elderly woman undergoes newfangled brain-restoration procedures and begins to explore her environment with the assistance of strap-on robot legs. At a deluxe medical spa on a nameless Caribbean island, a middle-aged woman hopes to revitalize her fading youth with grotesque rejuvenating therapies that combine cutting-edge medical technologies with holistic approaches and the pseudo-religious dogma of Zen-infused self-help. And in a rinky-dink mill town, an adolescent girl is unexpectedly inspired by the ravings and miraculous levitation of her fundamentalist friend’s weird grandmother. These are only a few of the scenarios readers encounter in Julia Elliott’s debut collection The Wilds. In her genre-bending stories, Elliott blends Southern gothic strangeness with dystopian absurdities, sci-fi speculations with fairy-tale transformations. Teetering between the ridiculous and the sublime, Elliott’s language-driven fiction uses outlandish tropes to capture poignant moments in her humble characters’ lives. Without abandoning the tenets of classic storytelling, Elliott revels in lush lyricism, dark humor, and experimental play.\u003cb\u003eJulia Elliott\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the story collection \u003ci\u003eThe Wilds\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors’ Choice, and the novel \u003ci\u003eThe New and Improved Romie Futch\u003c\/i\u003e (both from Tin House). Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Georgia Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConjunctions\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. She has won a Rona Jaffe Writers’ Award, and her stories have been anthologized in \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses\u003c\/i\u003e. She teaches English and Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of South Carolina and lives in Columbia with her husband, daughter, and five hens.","brand":"Tin House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233767108837,"sku":"NP9781935639923","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781935639923.jpg?v=1767742221","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-wilds-isbn-9781935639923","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}