{"product_id":"bliss-montage-stories-9781250893543","title":"Bliss Montage: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA National Indie Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Story Prize, and a \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWindham-Campbell Literature Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Best Book of the Year at \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHouston Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, Roxane Gay's \u003ci\u003eThe Audacity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMashable\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePolygon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditor's Choice\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Uncanny and haunting . . . Genius.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Michele Filgate, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Dazzling.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Maureen Corrigan, NPR's \u003ci\u003eFresh Air\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat happens when fantasy tears the screen of the everyday to wake us up? Could that waking be our end? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBliss Montage\u003c\/i\u003e, Ling Ma brings us eight wildly different tales of people making their way through the madness and reality of our collective delusions: love and loneliness, connection and possession, friendship, motherhood, the idea of home. A woman lives in a house with all her ex-boyfriends. A toxic friendship grows up around a drug that makes you invisible. An ancient ritual might heal you of anything--if you bury yourself alive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese and other scenarios investigate the ways that the outlandish and the ordinary are shockingly, deceptively, heartbreakingly alike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-6668730\"\u003eLing Ma\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/12\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 4.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250893543\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250893542\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC029000\"\u003eShort Stories (single author)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC061000\"\u003eMagical Realism\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44476567552237,"sku":"9781250893543","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_41f27669-e2c3-4dbe-957e-7da18e909371.jpg?v=1747510152","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/bliss-montage-stories-9781250893543","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}