{"product_id":"fabrications-9781421438924","title":"Fabrications","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA crowning collection from the award-winning short story writer Pamela Painter.   Pamela Painter's short stories have been praised by Margot Livesey for their wicked intelligence and ruthless humor. In Fabrications, which brings together 7 new and 24 selected stories, characters struggle to avoid the chaos in their lives, butdriven by addictions and appetitesoften bring on disaster. Nobody is ordinary in Painter's stories. A burglar can't believe what he is asked to do by the woman whose jewelry he is stealing. Hitchhikers, hell-bent on murder, are thwarted by the miracle of story-telling. A wife can make roomsand her husbanddisappear, but saves the family dog. A young woman insists on the romance of being married in an Elvis Presley chapel, but for the wrong reasons. Fabrications is a testament to Painter's lyric skill and psychological insight across her career.   Praise for Previous Books by Pamela Painter These wonderful storiesabout dogs and housewives, scholars and teenagersvivid\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Painter's] latest stories, the ones that make up the opening section of her recently released \u003ci\u003eFabrications: New and Selected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (Johns Hopkins University Press), would in and of themselves constitute ample reason to buy and enjoy the book. But in fact, \u003ci\u003eFabrications\u003c\/i\u003e draws from her entire career, giving us the finest stories from her four previous collections.\u003cbr\u003e—Steve Yarbrough , \u003ci\u003eFiction Writer's Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA great pleasure of \u003ci\u003eFabrications\u003c\/i\u003e—and one of the most unusual aspects of the collection—is the variety of forms [used], from very short stories like \"Dud\"—in which a film editor creates a brilliant preview out of a terrible film—to much more expansive stories like \"Her Elvis Presley Wedding.\"\"\u003cbr\u003e—Margot Livesay, \u003ci\u003eLit Hub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are 31 stories in this collection, and I think each is a gem. Plunge headfirst into its pages and read right through or savor the stories slowly over time. There's a Painterly quality to it all. You've entered the house of a master, and you are safe in her hands\u003cbr\u003e—Sherrie Flick, \u003ci\u003eSmokeLong Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFew writers can generate as much tension in so few pages as Painter . . . Painter's art lies in how she so efficiently dramatizes how foolishly we 'exaggerate, lie, edit.'\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eArts Fuse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePainter is too wise an artist to conclude that every fabrication, literary or not, must be damaging. Some are downright necessary. Painter's genius for subversion, for skewering her characters with their own self-serving lies and denials, is balanced by awareness of the vulnerabilities that can make reality so hard to bear.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNecessary Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew Stories\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer Elvis Presley Wedding\u003cbr\u003eBrochure \u003cbr\u003eA Fabricated Life \u003cbr\u003eOff Stage \u003cbr\u003eDoors\u003cbr\u003eBlood-Red Moon \u003cbr\u003eHitchhikers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eGetting to Know the Weather\u003c\/i\u003e (1985)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Next Time I Meet Buddy Rich\u003cbr\u003eIntruders of Sleepless Nights\u003cbr\u003eSomething to Do\u003cbr\u003eThe Kidnappers\u003cbr\u003eGetting to Know the Weather\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eThe Long and Short of It\u003c\/i\u003e (1999)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeeding the Piranha \u003cbr\u003eCustody\u003cbr\u003eNew Family Car\u003cbr\u003eThe Real Story\u003cbr\u003eThe Bridge\u003cbr\u003eThe Second Night of a One-Night Stand\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eWouldn't You Like to Know: Very Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (2010)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppetites and Addictions\u003cbr\u003eA View: \u003ci\u003eOffice at Night\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIce \u003cbr\u003eDud\u003cbr\u003eDriver's Test \u003cbr\u003ePut to Sleep \u003cbr\u003eMy Honey \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eWays to Spend the Night\u003c\/i\u003e (2016) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrief\u003cbr\u003eBreathe\u003cbr\u003eReading in His Wake \u003cbr\u003eHome Depot \u003cbr\u003eHindsight \u003cbr\u003eWays to Spend the Night \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408139624791,"sku":"9781421438924","price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421438924.jpg?v=1730501730","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fabrications-9781421438924","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}