{"product_id":"monstress","title":"Monstress","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The debut of an electric literary talent. Brilliantly quirky, often moving, always gorgeously told....Bravo for this fabulous American fiction!\"\u003cbr\u003e--Chang-Rae Lee, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eNative Speaker \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A wonderful story collection that's as wide and rich and complex as the geography it spans.\"\u003cbr\u003e-- Ben Fountain, PEN\/Hemingway award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eBrief Encounters with Che Guevera\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Tenorio is a deep and original writer, and \u003cem\u003eMonstress\u003c\/em\u003e is simply a beautiful book.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Jessica Hagedorn, author of \u003cem\u003eDogeaters\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA luminous collection of heartbreaking, vivid, startling, and gloriously unique stories set amongst the Filipino-American communities of California and the Philippines, \u003cem\u003eMonstress\u003c\/em\u003e heralds the arrival of a breathtaking new talent on the literary scene: Lysley Tenorio. Already the worthy recipient of a Pushcart Prize, a Whiting Writer's Award, and a Stegner Fellowship, Tenorio brilliantly explores the need to find connections, the melancholy of isolation, and the sometimes suffocating ties of family in tales that range from a California army base to a steamy moviehouse in Manilla, to the dangerous false glitter of Hollywood. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48836104880333,"sku":"9780062059567","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_f7f1720d-83f6-4468-b517-bd65fc55ab26.jpg?v=1790992765","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/monstress","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}