{"product_id":"do-the-windows-open-9780140271454","title":"Do the Windows Open?","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Julie Hecht\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Short Stories (single author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDo the Windows Open?\u003c\/i\u003e is a series of hilarious linked tales documenting the mania of the modern day in devastating detail-tales that have had readers of \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e laughing out loud for years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe beguiling and alienated narrator-who finds nearly everything interesting and almost nothing clear-has set herself the never-ending goal of photographing a world-renowned reproductive surgeon, Walden Pond, the ponds of Nantucket, and all the houses Anne Sexton ever lived in. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the way, she searches for organically grown vegetables, windows that open, and an endodontist who acts like a normal person. She sometimes compares herself unfavorably to Jacqueline Kennedy, Hillary Clinton, and Princess Diana.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat emerges is a unique sensibility under siege. This is a remarkably original literary performance, one that speaks to anyone looking for the refuge laughter offers from life in an absurd world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45408429080727,"sku":"9780140271454","price":1887.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780140271454.webp?v=1767309880","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/do-the-windows-open-9780140271454","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}