{"product_id":"bliss-montage-stories","title":"Bliss Montage: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA National Indie Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Story Prize, and a \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWindham-Campbell Literature Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Best Book of the Year at \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHouston Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, Roxane Gay's \u003ci\u003eThe Audacity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMashable\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePolygon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditor's Choice\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Uncanny and haunting . . . Genius.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Michele Filgate, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Dazzling.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Maureen Corrigan, NPR's \u003ci\u003eFresh Air\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat happens when fantasy tears the screen of the everyday to wake us up? Could that waking be our end? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBliss Montage\u003c\/i\u003e, Ling Ma brings us eight wildly different tales of people making their way through the madness and reality of our collective delusions: love and loneliness, connection and possession, friendship, motherhood, the idea of home. A woman lives in a house with all her ex-boyfriends. A toxic friendship grows up around a drug that makes you invisible. An ancient ritual might heal you of anything--if you bury yourself alive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese and other scenarios investigate the ways that the outlandish and the ordinary are shockingly, deceptively, heartbreakingly alike.","brand":"Ling Ma","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53565137649877,"sku":"BS-I6J-893543","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9781250893543-HD.jpg?v=1775240434","url":"https:\/\/www.acornbookshop.com\/products\/bliss-montage-stories","provider":"Acorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}