{"product_id":"catapult-stories-9781946448057","title":"Catapult: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eFridlund writes of families, marriage, and childhood as if our received wisdom--what we thought we knew about life and love and family--needs reparation. This is fiction as excavation, peeling away the machinery of people and converting it to narrative. Fridlund shines a spotlight on what gets hidden and unreported, and the result can be overwhelming--cutting and funny and filled with difficult truth. --Ben Marcus, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Flame Alphabet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFridlund has already proven herself to be a singular talent. --NPR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelected by Ben Marcus as winner of the Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction, \u003ci\u003eCatapult\u003c\/i\u003e follows Emily Fridlund's acclaimed debut novel \u003ci\u003eHistory of Wolves\u003c\/i\u003e. Sometimes calculating, at other times bewildered, \u003ci\u003eCatapult\u003c\/i\u003e's characters orbit around each other, enacting a deeply human tragicomedy of wit, misunderstanding, and loss. With dexterous, atmospheric, and darkly comic prose, Fridlund conjures worlds where longing is open-ended, intentions misfire, and the line between comfort and cruelty is often difficult to discern. This is a gripping collection, unsettling as much in its familiarity as in its near-gothic strangeness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmily Fridlund\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in Minnesota and currently resides in the Finger Lakes region of New York. Her fiction has appeared in a variety of journals, including \u003ci\u003eBoston Review, Zyzzyva, Five Chapters, New Orleans Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. Fridlund's first novel, \u003ci\u003eHistory of Wolves\u003c\/i\u003e (Atlantic Monthly Press), was a Barnes \u0026amp; Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection and a #1 Indie Next pick.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10253366\"\u003eEmily Fridlund\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarabande Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/10\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781946448057\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1946448052\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmily Fridlund: Emily Fridlund's first novel, \u003ci\u003eHistory of Wolves\u003c\/i\u003e (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2017), was a Barnes \u0026amp; Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection and a #1 Indie Next Pick. Fridlund grew up in Minnesota and currently resides in the Finger Lakes region of New York. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBen Marcus: Ben Marcus is the author of four books of fiction, most recently \u003ci\u003eLeaving the Sea: Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (Knopf, 2014). His stories, essays, and reviews have appeared in \u003ci\u003eHarper's, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Granta, The New York Times, GQ, Salon, Time, Conjunctions\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere.","brand":"Sarabande Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42684739584237,"sku":"9781946448057","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_c0384260-b3e6-43f6-b9f4-9517b3957a7e.jpg?v=1649758245","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/catapult-stories-9781946448057","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}