{"product_id":"books-self-portrait-with-ghost-by-meng-jin","title":"Self-Portrait with Ghost","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A knockout short story collection...Each one of these 10 dizzyingly immersive stories offers up a heady and visceral portrait of what ails us, from isolation and self-doubt, to unrequited love and regret over what might have been, to what it means to be (and to be considered) an American.\" -- San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeng Jin's critically acclaimed debut novel, Little Gods, was praised as \"spectacular and emotionally polyphonic (Omar El-Akkad, BookPage), \"powerful\" (Washington Post), and \"meticulously observed, daringly imagined\" (Claire Messud). Now Jin turns her considerable talents to short fiction, in ten thematically linked stories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten during the turbulent years of the Trump administration and the first year of the pandemic, these stories explore intimacy and isolation, coming-of-age and coming to terms with the repercussions of past mistakes, fraying relationships and surprising moments of connection. Moving between San Francisco and China, and from unsparing realism to genre-bending delight, Self-Portrait with Ghost considers what it means to live in an age of heightened self-consciousness, seemingly endless access to knowledge, and little actual power.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePage-turning, thought-provoking, and wholly unique, Self-Portrait with Ghost further establishes Meng Jin as a writer who \"reminds us that possible explanations in our universe are as varied as the beings who populate it\" (Paris Review).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54422070952209,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780063160729.jpg?v=1787589958","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-self-portrait-with-ghost-by-meng-jin","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}