{"product_id":"the-collected-stories-of-amy-hempel-paperback","title":"The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel - 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\u003eAmy Hempel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRick Moody\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmy Hempel is a master of the short story. This celebrated volume gathers together her complete work -- four short collections of stunning stories about marriages, minor disasters, and moments of revelation. With her inimitable compassion and wit, Hempel introduces characters who make choices that seem inevitable, and whose longings and misgivings evoke eternal human experience. For readers who have known Hempel's work for decades and for those who are just discovering her, this indispensable volume contains all the stories in Reasons to Live, At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom, Tumble Home, and The Dog of the Marriage. No reader of great writing should be without it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmy Hempel is the author of \u003ci\u003eSing to It, The Dog of the Marriage, Tumble Home, At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom, Reasons to Live, \u003c\/i\u003eand the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eUnleashed. \u003c\/i\u003e Her stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eHarper's, Vanity Fair, GQ, Tin House, The Harvard Review, The Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, and have been widely anthologized, including \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Best Nonrequired Reading. \u003c\/i\u003eShe teaches in the Graduate Writing Program at Bennington College, and at Stony Brook Southampton. She lives near New York City. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRick Moody is the author of the award-winning memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Black Veil\u003c\/i\u003e, the novels \u003ci\u003eHotels of North America\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Four Fingers of Death\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Diviners\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePurple America\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Ice Storm\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGarden State\u003c\/i\u003e, and multiple collections of short fiction. Moody is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, and his work has been anthologized in Best American Stories, Best American Essays, and the Pushcart Prize anthology. He lives in Rhode Island.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.06 x 8.44 x 5.16 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 18, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44303822028902,"sku":"9780743291637","price":27.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/UE03bDN2T2xTUFZaWG95ZitZc1pjUT09.webp?v=1767567322","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-collected-stories-of-amy-hempel-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}