{"product_id":"fortune-smiles-stories-9781784160463","title":"Fortune Smiles: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2013\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e EFG SHORT STORY AWARD 2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner of THE ORPHAN MASTER'S SON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e - for fans of international literary fiction, especially Hanya Yanigahara, Jonathan Franzen and Anthony Doerr.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Unputdownable is an overused word, but at their best these stories are completely gripping.' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Ironic, witty, super-intelligent' - \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Terrific. Shows exactly why Johnson is rated as one of the hottest American writers of his generation' \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdam Johnson takes you into the minds of characters you never thought you would meet – a former Stasi prison warden in denial of his past, a refugee from North Korea unsettled by his new freedom, a UPS driver in hurricane-torn Louisiana looking for the mother of his son. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese are tales of love and loss, natural disasters, the influence of technology, and how the political shapes the personal. Tender, wry, utterly compelling, they show us humanity  where you might least expect it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIronic, witty, super-intelligent * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eIt is impossible not to be awed by these stories. Life, marriage, love, death, are all described here in the most amazingly unexpected ways; it seems at times that Adam, like the greatest of the great writers, has some kind of supernatural facility that allows him to see through to the pitch black core of things and to create a crystalline portrait of what he witnesses * DONAL RYAN, author of the bestselling THE SPINNING HEART *\u003cbr\u003eUnputdownable is an overused word, but at their best these stories are completely gripping. * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eJohnson has a rare combination of inventiveness, intellectual pyrotechnics and emotional sophistication . . . These stories are treasures. * BBC *\u003cbr\u003eJohnson packs more voice in his stories than most authors do in a novel * ESQUIRE.COM *\u003cbr\u003eMasterful * The Washington Post *\u003cbr\u003e...formidable, meaty tales that cling on and don’t let go. * The Independent *\u003cbr\u003e[Adam Johnson] is always perceptive and brave; his lines always sing and strut and sizzle and hush and wash and blaze over the reader. * The New York Times Book Review *\u003cbr\u003eAdam Johnson . . . demonstrates again his boundless imagination, his ability to capture an entire personality in a few perfectly chosen details, and his gift for making foreign territory feel utterly familiar. Johnson is willing to go into real darkness and send a beacon back from the depths of tragedy, and his voice is as inevitable and fresh as anything being written today. * Matthew Thomas *\u003cbr\u003eEntrancing. * O: The Oprah Magazine *\u003cbr\u003e[Adam Johnson] serves up six sinewy stories that shock and surprise in his edgy, inviting \u003ci\u003eFortune Smiles . . . \u003c\/i\u003ecompulsively readable. * Elle *\u003cbr\u003e[A] bold and deeply wise collection * BuzzFeed *\u003cbr\u003eStartlingly, blazingly original. * BookPage *\u003cbr\u003e[A] riveting collection of short stories ... darkly imagined, slightly surreal * San Jose Mercury News *\u003cbr\u003eExhilarating ... His mastery of setting simply wowed me. * THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE *\u003cbr\u003eMarked by the conflicts of heart and mind, and the exuberant quality of its compassionate prose. * THE HUFFINGTON POST *\u003cbr\u003eCompulsively readable ... Johnson serves up six sinewy stories that shock and surprise. * Elle Magazine *\u003cbr\u003eA rare combination of inventiveness, intellectual pyrotechnics and emotional sophistication ... these stories are treasures. * BBC.Com *\u003cbr\u003eBittersweet, elegant, full of ward-won wisdom: this is no ordinary book either. * Publishers Weekly (starred and boxed review) *\u003cbr\u003eHefty and memorable ...the stories provide one of the truest satisfactions of reading: the opportunity to sing into worlds we otherwise know little or nothing about. * Starred Kirkus Review *\u003cbr\u003eTerrific. Shows exactly why Johnson is rated as one of the hottest writers of his generation. * Mail on Sunday *","brand":"Transworld Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51020434735447,"sku":"9781784160463","price":14.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781784160463.jpg?v=1750783419","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fortune-smiles-stories-9781784160463","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}