{"product_id":"green-frog-stories-9780593469361","title":"Green Frog: Stories by Chung, Gina","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eSea Change\u003c\/i\u003e comes a short story collection that explores Korean American womanhood, bodies, animals, and transformation as a means of survival. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The stories hit, each one, and land with such seeming perfection. Chung's book sits next to my all-time favorite story collections by masters of the craft: Karen Russell, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, George Saunders, and Ted Chiang.\"--Morgan Talty, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eNight of the Living Rez\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEqual parts fantastical--a pair of talking dolls help twins escape a stifling home, a heart boils on the stove as part of an elaborate cure for melancholy, a fox demon contemplates avenging her sister's death--and true to life--a mother and daughter try to heal their rift when the daughter falls unexpectedly pregnant, a woman reexamines her father's legacy after his death--the stories in this collection are hopeful and heartbreaking, full of danger and full of joy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChung is a master at capturing emotion, and her characters--human and otherwise--will claw their way into your heart and make themselves at home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gina Chung\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/12\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593469361\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/22\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2024 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGina Chung is a Korean American writer from New Jersey currently living in Brooklyn, New York. A recipient of the Pushcart Prize, she is a 2021-2022 Center for Fiction\/Susan Kamil Emerging Writer Fellow and holds an MFA in fiction from The New School. Her work appears or is forthcoming in \u003ci\u003eThe Kenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCatapult\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGulf Coast\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIndiana Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIdaho Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePleiades\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eF(r)iction\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWigleaf\u003c\/i\u003e, among others, and has been recognized by several contests, including the American Short(er) Fiction Contest, the Los Angeles Review Literary Awards, and the Ploughshares Emerging Writer's Contest.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43993020727449,"sku":"9780593469361","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/3367\/0297\/files\/img_cb34ae6a-1bb9-483b-8f87-970c5b1ded28.jpg?v=1724795341","url":"https:\/\/bookmarksretail.store\/products\/green-frog-stories-9780593469361","provider":"Bookmarks Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}