{"product_id":"9780312423933","title":"Natasha: And Other Stories","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eBezmozgis, David\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePicador\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e05\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow a Major Motion Picture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dazzling debut—and a publishing phenomenon—\u003ci\u003eNatasha: And Other Stories \u003c\/i\u003eis the tender, savagely funny collection from a young immigrant who has taken the critics by storm\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFew readers had heard of David Bezmozgis before May 2003, when \u003ci\u003eHarper's, Zoetrope, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e all printed stories from his forthcoming collection. In the space of a few weeks, America thus met the Bermans—Bella and Roman and their son, Mark—Russian Jews who have fled the Riga of Brezhnev for Toronto, the city of their dreams.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold through Mark's eyes, the stories in \u003ci\u003eNatasha\u003c\/i\u003e possess a serious wit and uniquely Jewish perspective that recall the first published stories of Bernard Malamud and Philip Roth, not to mention the work of Jhumpa Lahiri, Nathan Englander, and Adam Haslett.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' First Book Prize for Canada and  the Caribbean, the Toronto Book Award, Reform Judaism Prize for Jewish  Fiction, Koffler Centre of the Arts' Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish  Book Award for Fiction, the City of Toronto Book Award, the Jewish  Quarterly-Wingate Prize for Fiction, and the Moment Magazine Fiction  Award \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, the Los Angeles Times  Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, and the Governor General’s Award  for Literature, the Danuta Gleed Literary Award for Best First  Collection of Short Fiction in the English Language\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNamed a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year, a \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e' 1 of the 25 Best Books of the Year, a New York Public Library's 25 Best Books to Remember, and a \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42638425030911,"sku":"9780312423933","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/getimage_b8734dbd-5a0d-4f66-a6a6-8500e8d81fdf.jpg?v=1721753110","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780312423933","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}