{"product_id":"i-hold-a-wolf-by-the-ears-stories-paperback","title":"I Hold a Wolf by the Ears: 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\u003eLaura Van Den Berg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e'S 10 BEST FICTION BOOKS OF 2020. Longlisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize. Named a Best Book of 2020 by NPR, \u003ci\u003eBustle, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e, the New York Public Library, \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLit Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTor.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs enchanting as fairy tales, as mysterious as dreams, these exquisitely composed fictions are as urgent and original as any being written today.\" --Sigrid Nunez, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Friend\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn urgent and unsettling collection of women on the verge from Laura van den Berg, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Third Hotel \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Hold a Wolf by the Ears\u003c\/i\u003e, Laura van den Berg's first story collection since her prizewinning book \u003ci\u003eThe Isle of Youth\u003c\/i\u003e, draws readers into a world of wholly original, sideways ghost stories that linger in the mouth and the mind. Both timeless and urgent, these eleven stories confront misogyny, violence, and the impossible economics of America with van den Berg's trademark spiky humor and surreal eye. Moving from the peculiarities of Florida to liminal spaces of travel in Mexico City, Sicily, and Iceland, \u003ci\u003eI Hold a Wolf by the Ears\u003c\/i\u003e is uncannily attuned to our current moment, and to the fears we reveal to no one but ourselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \"Lizards,\" a man mutes his wife's anxieties by giving her a LaCroix-like seltzer laced with sedatives. In the title story, a woman poses as her more successful sister during a botched Italian holiday, a choice that brings about strange and destructive consequences, while in \"Karolina,\" a woman discovers her prickly ex-sister-in-law in the aftermath of an earthquake and is forced to face the truth about her violent brother. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Hold a Wolf by the Ears\u003c\/i\u003e presents a collection of women on the verge, trying to grasp what's left of life: grieving, divorced, and hyperaware, searching, vulnerable, and unhinged, they exist in a world that deviates from our own only when you look too closely. With remarkable control and transcendent talent, van den Berg dissolves, in the words of the narrator of \"Slumberland,\" \"that border between magic and annihilation,\" and further establishes herself as a defining fiction writer of our time.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaura van den Berg is the author of the story collections \u003ci\u003eWhat the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Isle of Youth\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eI Hold a Wolf by the Ears\u003c\/i\u003e, which was named one the ten best fiction books of 2020 by \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e, and the novels \u003ci\u003eFind Me \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Third Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award and an Indie Next pick, and was named a best book of 2018 by more than a dozen publications\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eShe is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Strauss Living Award and a Rosenthal Family Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Bard Fiction Prize, a PEN\/O. Henry Award, and a MacDowell Colony Fellowship, and is a two-time finalist for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. Born and raised in Florida, Laura splits her time between the Boston area and Central Florida, with her husband and dog\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 8.29 x 5.47 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 27, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44427876597862,"sku":"9781250798664","price":24.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/NGlzd1pYR2EvdS9RRlNkS2xkU1FvZz09.webp?v=1770195118","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/i-hold-a-wolf-by-the-ears-stories-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}