{"product_id":"likes-9780374191948","title":"Likes","description":"\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR:\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, The New York Public Library,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePopMatters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Finalist for the\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBook Prize and the Story Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNational Book Award finalist Sarah Shun-lien Bynum's highly anticipated return weaves together like and unlike, mythic and modern\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn nine stories that range from the real to the unreal, strange to familiar, funny to frightening, Sarah Shun-lien Bynum reminds us why her wildly original debut, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMadeleine Is Sleeping\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, and her masterful \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMs. Hempel Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e have become contemporary classics--celebrated and beloved.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn a nimble dance of lightness and gravity, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLikes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e explores the full range and contradictions of our contemporary moment. Through unexpected visitors, Waldorf school fairs, aging indie-film stars, the struggle to gain a foothold in the capitalist shell-game of work, the Instagram posts of a twelve-year-old-these stories of friendship and parenthood, celebrity and obsession, race and class and the passage of time, form an engrossing collection that is both otherworldly and suffused with the deceitful humdrum of everyday life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor readers of Joy Williams, George Saunders, Lauren Groff, and Deborah Eisenberg, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLikes\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ehelps us see into our unacknowledged desires and, in quick, artful, nearly invisible cuts, exposes the roots of our abiding terrors and delights.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42099338903758,"sku":"9780374191948","price":24.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/0883\/2974\/files\/9780374191948_1_76977bb7-bbde-4065-9605-ed6728d78081.jpg?v=1696313360","url":"https:\/\/www.bookxcess.live\/products\/likes-9780374191948","provider":"BookXcess","version":"1.0","type":"link"}