{"product_id":"14-stories-9780801872051","title":"14 Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Stephen Dixon\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Short Stories (single author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen Dixon's stories and novels have an original, immediately recognizable sound and feel -a weird blend of Franz Kafka and Frank Capra. Readers of his previous work will find in \u003ci\u003e14 Stories\u003c\/i\u003e that same wry, inventive, knife-edged humor that has come to characterize his distinctive style. With an adroit use of language and a keen eye for the quirky, offbeat side of human nature, Dixon creates a world as viewed through a fish-eye lens-slightly distorted and off-center, yet recognizable and often familiar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e14 Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is part comedy, part tragedy, part social comment and part spoof. But most of all it is a highly entertaining series of all-too-plausible vignettes that shows off Stephen Dixon's remarkable talent at its best.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47614263984279,"sku":"9780801872051","price":3130.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780801872051.webp?v=1775092249","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/14-stories-9780801872051","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}