{"product_id":"underground-women-9780299323943","title":"Underground Women","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA newlywed gazes upon the wreckage of the \u003cem\u003eTitanic\u003c\/em\u003e. A young woman becomes the protégé of a Parisian hotelier. An old woman meets an angel in a ghost town. \u003cem\u003eUnderground Women\u003c\/em\u003e is a compilation of short stories by multitalented writer Jesse Lee Kercheval.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI've loved Jesse Lee Kercheval's work for decades and am over the moon to find her first book reissued as \u003ci\u003eUnderground Women\u003c\/i\u003e. It is so very timely: it is mordant, smart, and simmering under the surface with feminine rage.\"\" - Lauren Groff, author of \u003ci\u003eFlorida\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"One of the rare collections of short fiction that manage to infuse a seemingly realist style with the sense of mystery and whimsy. Each narrative balances the visceral realistic details with off-kilter characters, images, and actions, ultimately creating the worlds that are at once familiar and surreal.\"\" - Ellen Litman, author of \u003ci\u003eMannequin Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"Story after story opens with immediacy and clear access to complex lives under pressure. Kercheval offers intimate views of characters' lives within the context of larger worlds, within history - if their own versions - and within the places shaping vital experience.\"\" - Nancy Reisman, author of \u003ci\u003eTrompe L’Oeil\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"There are very few writers who are able to make a place for themselves in every genre while maintaining the highest quality and originality of their work as Jesse Lee Kercheval has done. She has a national and international reputation as a woman of letters.\"\" - Jonis Agee, author of \u003ci\u003eBones of Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036935946583,"sku":"9780299323943","price":15.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780299323943.jpg?v=1750933099","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/underground-women-9780299323943","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}