{"product_id":"mars-stories-9781936932481","title":"Mars: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis debut collection of darkly humorous, feminist speculative fiction from the Balkans of sly, uncommon stories by a major talent (Jeff VanderMeer, author of \u003cem\u003eBorne\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMars\u003c\/em\u003e showcases a series of unique and twisted universes, where every character is tasked with making sense of their strange reality. One woman will be freed from purgatory once she writes the perfect book; another abides in a world devoid of physical contact. With wry prose and skewed humor, an emerging feminist writer explores twenty-first century promises of knowledge, freedom, and power.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Bakic's stories are a dark delight--a treasury of forbidden pleasures, moments of resistance and resilience, and terrifying possibilities.\" --\u003cem\u003eStrange Horizons\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"At turns funny, surreal, and grounded in simple language but flung through twisted realities, the stories in this collection are provocative and utterly readable.\" --\u003cem\u003eThe Brooklyn Rail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Skillfully disorienting.\" --\u003cem\u003eBUST\u003c\/em\u003e\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-11879858\"\u003eAsja Bakic\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Feminist Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/12\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781936932481\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1936932482\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-FIC028120\"\u003eScience Fiction | Humorous\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-FIC064000\"\u003eAbsurdist\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsja Bakic (1982) is a Bosnian poet, writer, and translator. She was born in Tuzla, where she obtained a degree in Bosnian language and literature. Her second book, a collection of short stories entitled \u003cem\u003eMars\u003c\/em\u003e (2015), was shortlisted for the Edo Budisa Award for young writers. Her poems and stories have been translated into English, Polish, Czech, Macedonian, Slovenian, Romanian and Swedish. She writes the blog \u003cem\u003eIn the Realm of Melancholy\u003c\/em\u003e (asjaba.com) and is coeditor of the feminist webzine \u003cem\u003eMuff\u003c\/em\u003e (muf.com.hr). She currently lives and works in Zagreb, Croatia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJennifer Zoble is a writer, editor, educator, and literary translator. She coedits \u003cem\u003eInTranslation\u003c\/em\u003e, the online journal of international literature that she cofounded in 2007 at \u003cem\u003eThe Brooklyn Rail\u003c\/em\u003e; teaches academic and creative writing in the interdisciplinary liberal studies program at NYU; and translates Bosnian\/Croatian\/Serbian- and Spanish-language literature. Her translations have appeared in \u003cem\u003eAnomalous\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWashington Square\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAbsinthe\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Iowa Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Baffler\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eStonecutter\u003c\/em\u003e, among others. She currently lives and works in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEllen Elias-Bursac has been translating fiction and nonfiction by Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian writers since the 1980s, including novels and short stories by David Albahari, Dubravka Ugresic, Dasa Drndic, and Karim Zaimovič. She is co-author of a textbook for the study of Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian with Ronelle Alexander and author of \u003cem\u003eTranslating Evidence and Interpreting Testimony at a War Crimes Tribunal: Working in a Tug-of-War\u003c\/em\u003e, awarded the Mary Zirin Prize in 2015. She has taught at the Harvard Slavic Department, Tufts University, ASU and the New England Friends of Bosnia and Herzegovina.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Feminist Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42662003507437,"sku":"9781936932481","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_e08a7d07-729a-4b12-9e12-a5a5d7cd08bc.jpg?v=1649376326","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/mars-stories-9781936932481","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}