{"product_id":"movieola-9781938103902","title":"Movieola","description":"\u003ci\u003eMovieola\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of linked short stories that delights and exploits the language and paraphernalia of industrial Hollywood. The collection delves into a night at the movies, featuring all the familiar types -- the rom-com, the action-adventure, the superhero and the spy -- but the narratives are still under construction, and every story line is an opportunity for the unimaginable twist. Motive and identity are constantly shifting in these short stories that offer both narrative and anti-narrative, while the stunted shoptalk of the movie business struggles to keep up. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the wit of Steve Erickson's \u003ci\u003eZeroville\u003c\/i\u003e and the inventive spirit of Italo Calvino's \u003ci\u003eCosmicomics\u003c\/i\u003e, John Domini offers a collection at once comical and moving, carefully suspended between a game of language and a celebration of American film.\u003cbr\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-834783\"\u003eJohn Domini\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dzanc Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/07\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\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 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938103902\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1938103904\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-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-FIC016000\"\u003eHumorous | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Domini\u003c\/b\u003e has two short story collections and three novels in print, as well as one book of collected essays and criticism. He's published fiction in \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, non-fiction in \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and won a poetry prize from Meridian. Grants include a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. The \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e praised his work as dreamlike... grabs hold of both reader and character, and Alan Cheuse, of NPR, described it as witty and biting. He has taught at Harvard, Northwestern and elsewhere and makes his home in Des Moines.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dzanc Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42683719942381,"sku":"9781938103902","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_cc3e171a-60d0-4f48-bd61-04e3f7262f5e.jpg?v=1649747508","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/movieola-9781938103902","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}