{"product_id":"the-wallet-and-other-thefts-stories-paperback","title":"The Wallet and Other Thefts: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the BOMB Fiction Prize and White Review Short Story Prize, Kristen Gleason's debut is a collection of precise, surreal, and lightly linked short fiction, concerned with theft, shame, exile, masochism, and God, reminiscent of Anna Kavan, Jane Bowles, and Marie NDiaye. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClosely observed and slyly destabilizing, \u003ci\u003e The Wallet and Other Thefts\u003c\/i\u003e is a book of short fiction shimmering with mystery and menace. This surreal, precise collection unfolds in a world beyond conventional time and space. Concerned with theft, shame, exile, tourism, masochism, God, and \"Nature,\" these stories are lightly linked--objects, diseases, and landscapes reappear. Gleason's elliptical prose refuses traditional narrative logic, resisting easy resolution. Reminiscent of the work of Anna Kavan, Jane Bowles, and Marie NDiaye, \u003ci\u003eThe Wallet and Other Thefts\u003c\/i\u003e is a work of slipstream fiction that pulses with a sense of something generously withheld.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50115482583263,"sku":"9781964499673","price":19.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/D_qY98KEYn9781964499673.webp?v=1781444404","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/the-wallet-and-other-thefts-stories-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}