{"product_id":"cat-person-and-other-stories-9781982101640","title":"Cat Person and Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eFEATURING A BRAND NEW STORY\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"What's special about 'Cat Person, ' and the rest of the stories in \u003ci\u003eYou Know You Want This\u003c\/i\u003e, is the author's expert control of language, character, story--her ability to write stories that feel told, and yet so unpretentious and accessible that we think they must be true.\" \u003ci\u003e--The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Kristen Roupenian isn't just an uncannily great writer, she also \u003ci\u003eknows things\u003c\/i\u003e about the human psyche--things that I always supposed I would learn at some point, but never did...The world has made a lot more sense since reading this book.\" --Miranda July, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"If you think you know what this collection will be like, you're wrong. These stories are sharp and perverse, dark and bizarre, unrelenting and utterly bananas. I love them so, so much.\" --Carmen Maria Machado, National Book Award Finalist and author of \u003ci\u003eHer Body and Other Parties\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eA compulsively readable collection of short stories that explore the complex--and often darkly funny--connections between gender, sex, and power across genres.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePreviously published as \u003ci\u003eYou Know You Want This\u003c\/i\u003e, \"Cat Person\" and Other Stories brilliantly explores the ways in which women are horrifying as much as it captures the horrors that are done to them. Among its pages are a couple who becomes obsessed with their friend \u003ci\u003ehearing\u003c\/i\u003e them have sex, then \u003ci\u003eseeing\u003c\/i\u003e them have sex...until they can't have sex without him; a ten-year-old whose birthday party takes a sinister turn when she wishes for \"something mean\"; a woman who finds a book of spells half hidden at the library and summons her heart's desire: a nameless, naked man; and a self-proclaimed \"biter\" who dreams of sneaking up behind and sinking her teeth into a green-eyed, long-haired, pink-cheeked coworker. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Spanning a range of genres and topics--from the mundane to the murderous and supernatural--these are stories about sex and punishment, guilt and anger, the pleasure and terror of inflicting and experiencing pain. These stories fascinate and repel, revolt and arouse, scare and delight in equal measure. And, as a collection, they point a finger at you, daring you to feel uncomfortable--or worse, understood--as if to say, \"You want this, right? You know you want this.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11875478\"\u003eKristen Roupenian\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gallery\/Scout Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\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 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982101640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1982101644\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-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-FIC044000\"\u003eWomen\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-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gallery\/Scout Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42698496934125,"sku":"9781982101640","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_07ff4968-c655-4f08-bf6e-1e06bea8f278.jpg?v=1649902098","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/cat-person-and-other-stories-9781982101640","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}