{"product_id":"my-mistresss-sparrow-is-dead-great-love-stories-from-chekhov-to-munro-isbn-9780061240379","title":"My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead: Great Love Stories, from Chekhov to Munro","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Beautifully crafted . . . eclectic and original . . . this collection makes us remember how powerful and essential the best short stories are.” —Francine Prose, \u003cem\u003eO magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy Mistress’s Sparrow Is Dead\u003c\/em\u003e is a literary masterpiece of amorous tales selected by Pulitzer Prize–winner Jeffrey Eugenides. From classics such as Chekhov’s “The Lady with the Lapdog” to such modern fare as Richard Ford’s “Fireworks,” these outstanding works capture the desire, obsession, power, and spirit of the emotion that drives and transforms our lives. Writers featured include:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Faulkner  • James Joyce  • Alice Munro • Milan Kundera • Grace Paley •  Lorrie Moore • Eudora Welty  • Denis Johnson • Vladimir Nabokov  • Miranda July • Raymond Carver • George Saunders • Annie Proulx • And many, many more.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"When it comes to love, there are a million theories to explain it. But when it comes to love stories, things are simpler. A love story can never be about full possession. Love stories depend on disappointment, on unequal births and feuding families, on matrimonial boredom and at least one cold heart. Love stories, nearly without exception, give love a bad name . . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is perhaps only in reading a love story (or in writing one) that we can simultaneously partake of the ecstasy and agony of being in love without paying a crippling emotional price. I offer this book, then, as a cure for lovesickness and an antidote to adultery. Read these love stories in the safety of your single bed. Let everybody else suffer.\"—Jeffrey Eugenides, from the introduction to \u003cem\u003eMy Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll proceeds from \u003cem\u003eMy Mistress's Sparrow is Dead\u003c\/em\u003e will go directly to fund the free youth writing programs offered by 826 Chicago. 826 Chicago is part of the network of seven writing centers across the United States affiliated with 826 National, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6 to 18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“The mix chosen by Eugenides is wonderful. . . . And it is a bigger thrill to realize that however painful the heartbreak, love offers real rewards—and these stories are among them.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Wonderful . . . Eugenides has chosen splendid work.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The 27 short stories in this collection provide healthy doses of longing and disappointment, but reading them is thoroughly enjoyable, like diving into a box of fine chocolates and savoring the bitter along with the sweet…the book makes a great Valentine’s Day gift for spouses, friends or lovers.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLisa Ko, author of The Leavers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[T]horoughly enjoyable . . . the book makes a great Valentine’s Day gift for spouses, friends, or lovers.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLisa Ko, author of The Leavers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I can…recommend one very good gift for this Valentine’s Day: My Mistress’s Sparrow Is Dead” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKansas City Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Eugenides has made wonderful choices from writers both classic and contemporary.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Orleans Times-Picayune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A perfect Valentine’s Day gift for lovers of literary fiction.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The mix chosen by Eugenides is wonderful. . . . love offers real rewards—and these stories are among them.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The wonder of ‘My Mistress’s Sparrow Is Dead’ is that it manages to capture a deep as well as broad range of this funny thing called love… By focusing on literary merit, Eugenides has produced a treasury worth holding dear.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Cupid is rarely kind in “Sparrow,” but his arrows are always razor-sharp.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Antonio Express-News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889155961061,"sku":"NP9780061240379","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061240379.jpg?v=1730230636","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/my-mistresss-sparrow-is-dead-great-love-stories-from-chekhov-to-munro-isbn-9780061240379","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}