{"product_id":"disruptions-stories-paperback","title":"Disruptions: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteven Millhauser\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN NPR AND \u003ci\u003eNEW YORKER\u003c\/i\u003e BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - An exquisite new collection from a Pulitzer Prize-winning master of the short story, the culmination of a five-decade career: work that takes us beneath the placid surface of suburban life into the elusive strangeness of the everyday\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere are eighteen stories of astonishing range and precision. A housewife drinks alone in her Connecticut living room. A guillotine glimmers above a sleepy town green. A pre-recorded customer service message sends a caller into a reverie of unspeakable yearning. With the deft touch and funhouse-mirror perspectives for which he has won countless admirers, Steven Millhauser gives us the towns, marriages, and families of a quintessential American lifestyle that is at once instantly recognizable and profoundly unsettling. \u003ci\u003eDisruptions \u003c\/i\u003eis a collection of provocative, bracingly original new work from a writer at the peak of his form.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSTEVEN MILLHAUSER is the author of numerous works of fiction, including the novel \u003ci\u003eMartin Dressler\u003c\/i\u003e, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1997, and \u003ci\u003eWe Others\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew and Selected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of The Story Prize in 2011 and a finalist for the PEN\/Faulkner Award. His work has been translated into eighteen languages, and his story \"Eisenheim the Illusionist\" was the basis of the 2006 film \u003ci\u003eThe Illusionist\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Saratoga Springs, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.89 x 7.96 x 5.33 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378945355878,"sku":"9780593468883","price":24.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/d85eAG3k5j9780593468883.webp?v=1768912821","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/disruptions-stories-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}