{"product_id":"black-light-stories","title":"Black Light: Stories","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eBlack Light: Stories\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eKimberly King Parsons\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780525563501\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eVintage\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2019\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e224\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The stories in \u003ci\u003eBlack Light\u003c\/i\u003e are grimy and weird, surprising, utterly lush. . . . I loved every moment of this book.\" --Carmen Maria Machado, author of \u003ci\u003eHer Body and Other Parties\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith raw, poetic ferocity, Kimberly King Parsons exposes desire's darkest hollows--those hidden places where most of us are afraid to look. In this debut collection of enormously perceptive and brutally unsentimental short stories, Parsons illuminates the ache of first love, the banality of self-loathing, the scourge of addiction, the myth of marriage, and the magic and inevitable disillusionment of childhood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Taking us from hot Texas highways to cold family kitchens, from the freedom of pay-by-the-hour motels to the claustrophobia of private school dorms, these stories erupt off the page with a primal howl--sharp-voiced, acerbic, and wise.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Black Light: Stories | Kimberly King Parsons | Paperback | 9780525563501 | Used: Like New | Fiction 1723841 (temp: 10)","offer_id":48167388020888,"sku":"1723841","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81j_5BR34L.jpg?v=1771945388","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/black-light-stories","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}