{"product_id":"believe-them-isbn-9781640091887","title":"Believe Them","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Robison uses a minimalist discipline and barely ruffled surfaces, but her hidden pictures of childhood and other states of vulnerability are boundless in their emotion.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe eleven stories in \u003ci\u003eBelieve Them\u003c\/i\u003e, most of which first appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, depict Mary Robison's sly, scatty world of plotters, absconders, ponderers, and pontificators. Robison's take on her characters is sharp, cool, astringently ironic, and her language vibrates with edginess and nerve. With what John Barth has called her \"\"enigmatic superrealism,\"\" Robison flashes entire lives by us in small, stunning moments—odd, skewed outtakes from real life. \u003ci\u003eBelieve Them\u003c\/i\u003e confirms Mary Robison's place as one of America's most original writers.\"Sorrow and pain are underground messages in these finely made stories . . . Robison uses a minimalist discipline and barely ruffled surfaces, but her hidden pictures of childhood and other states of vulnerability can be boundless in their emotion.\" —Richard Eder, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Robison's methods allow the careful reader an honest perspective into lives usually dealt with either melodramatically or contemptuously by other authors.\" —Larry McCaffery, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Cool, carefully honed prose distinguishes [these] 11 stories. As usual, she writes with a simplicity and directness that seem innocuous but actually allow startling phrases to leap out at the reader. Robison specializes in eccentric but engaging characters whose personalities are revealed through whimsical dialogue.\"  —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Robison\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Washington, D.C. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, two Pushcart Prizes, an O. Henry Award, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize for Fiction, and the 2018 Arts and Letters Award in Literature. She is the author of four novels and four story collections. She lives in Gainesville, Florida.","brand":"Counterpoint","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303276728549,"sku":"NP9781640091887","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781640091887.jpg?v=1767722405","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/believe-them-isbn-9781640091887","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}