{"product_id":"lot-stories-paperback","title":"Lot: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBryan Washington\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of Barack Obama's \"Favorite Books of the Year\" \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Phenomenal\" --Justin Torres, author of \u003ci\u003eWe the Animals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Brilliant\" --Nicole Dennis-Benn, author of \u003ci\u003eHere Comes the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A profound exploration of the true meaning of borders.\"\u003ci\u003e --The New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2019 in the\u003ci\u003e New York Times \u003c\/i\u003eby Dwight Garner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of 2019\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the city of Houston - a sprawling, diverse microcosm of America - the son of a black mother and a Latino father is coming of age. He's working at his family's restaurant, weathering his brother's blows, resenting his older sister's absence. And discovering he likes boys.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAround him, others live and thrive and die in Houston's myriad neighborhoods: a young woman whose affair detonates across an apartment complex, a ragtag baseball team, a group of young hustlers, hurricane survivors, a local drug dealer who takes a Guatemalan teen under his wing, a reluctant chupacabra. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBryan Washington's brilliant, viscerally drawn world vibrates with energy, wit, raw power, and the infinite longing of people searching for home. With soulful insight into what makes a community, a family, and a life, \u003ci\u003eLot\u003c\/i\u003e explores trust and love in all its unsparing and unsteady forms.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBryan Washington\u003c\/b\u003e is a National Book Award 5 Under 35 honoree and winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence. He received the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award for his first book, \u003ci\u003eLot\u003c\/i\u003e, which was also a finalist for the NBCC's John Leonard Prize, the PEN\/Robert W. Bingham Prize, and the Aspen Words Literary Prize. He has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBon Appétit\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. He lives in Houston.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 17, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52542814159155,"sku":"9780525533689","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/VERFRVJmcHIzaG95bG1pb3RKcVhrUT09.webp?v=1760914650","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/lot-stories-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}