{"product_id":"a-different-kind-of-tension-new-and-selected-stories-9780063388864b","title":"A Different Kind of Tension: New and Selected Stories","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eA definitive collection of new and selected stories by a master of the form\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis dazzling, genre-defying collection from Jonathan Lethem features seven major stories published since his last collection, along with his best work spanning more than three decades. A major new story, “\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Red Sun School of Thoughts\u003c\/span\u003e,” never published before, follows a teenage boy coming to terms with figures of authority and power—those in both his biological family and in the family he creates for himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElsewhere we meet “\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eSuper Goat Man\u003c\/span\u003e,” a down-at-heels bohemian superhero; “\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Porn Critic\u003c\/span\u003e,” whose accidental expertise wrecks his own romantic aspirations; and “\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eSleepy People\u003c\/span\u003e,” who pose interpersonal conundrums without ever rousing from their slumber. Fluidly moving between realism and the surreal, the absurd and the mundane, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eA Different Kind of Tension\u003c\/span\u003e is a container bursting with life and death, couples in trouble, talking animals, and technologies on the fritz. Through it all are people longing to be seen and to connect; to thrive, love, and be forgiven. “This is the joy of reading Jonathan Lethem: you never know what you’re going to get.” (\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/span\u003e)\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e“Comparisons might be drawn to writers ranging from Jorge Luis Borges and Haruki Murakami to Margaret Atwood and J. D. Salinger. All of Lethem’s stories are enlivened by his wit and provocative wordplay.” —\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":43022863401040,"sku":"9780063388864B","price":7.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/fr\/products\/a-different-kind-of-tension-new-and-selected-stories-9780063388864b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}