{"product_id":"skin-folk-stories-paperback","title":"Skin Folk: 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\u003eNalo Hopkinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe SFWA Grand Master's award-winning collection \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"combines a richly textured multicultural background with incisive storytelling\" (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eSkin Folk\u003c\/i\u003e, with works ranging from science fiction to Caribbean folklore, passionate love to chilling horror, Nalo Hopkinson is at her award-winning best, spinning tales like \"Precious,\" in which the narrator spews valuable coins and gems from her mouth whenever she attempts to talk or sing. In \"A Habit of Waste,\" a self-conscious woman undergoes elective surgery to alter her appearance; days later she's shocked to see her former body climbing onto a public bus. In \"The Glass Bottle Trick,\" the young protagonist ignores her intuition regarding her new husband's superstitions--to horrifying consequences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hopkinson's unique pacing and vibrant dialogue sets a steady beat for stories that illustrate why she received the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Entertaining, challenging, and alluring, \u003ci\u003eSkin Folk\u003c\/i\u003e is not to be missed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Nalo Hopkinson and the World Fantasy Award-winning \u003ci\u003eSkin Folk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Hopkinson's prose is vivid and immediate.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An important new writer.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Dallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Her descriptions of ordinary people finding themselves in extraordinary circumstances ring true, the result of her strong evocation of place and her ear for dialect.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A marvelous display of Nalo Hopkinson's talents, skills and insights into the human conditions of life, especially of the fantastic realities of the Caribbean . . . Everything is possible in her imagination.\" --\u003ci\u003eScience Fiction Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNalo Hopkinson is a Jamaican-born Canadian whose taproots extend to Trinidad and Guyana. She has published numerous novels and short stories and occasionally edits anthologies. Her writing has received the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, the Locus Award, the World Fantasy Award, the Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, and the Andre Norton Award. Hopkinson is a professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside. She has taught numerous times at both the Clarion Writers' Workshop and the Clarion West Writers Workshop. Hopkinson's short story collection \u003ci\u003eFalling in Love With Hominids \u003c\/i\u003ewill appear in 2015. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 220\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 03, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44310196289638,"sku":"9781504052764","price":26.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/T0lud3lJNDU1YXdENjZJZTY4VUIyUT09.webp?v=1767837328","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/skin-folk-stories-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}