{"product_id":"shakespeares-kitchen-stories-paperback","title":"Shakespeare's Kitchen: 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\u003eLore Segal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eHer First American\u003c\/em\u003e, a \"charming novel disguised as a book of short stories,\" (\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e) exploring belonging, connection, intimacy, and self-acceptance\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe thirteen interconnected stories of \u003cem\u003eShakespeare's Kitchen\u003c\/em\u003e capture the universal longing for friendship, how we achieve new intimacies for ourselves, and how slowly, inexplicably, we lose them. Featuring seven short stories that originally appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, including the O. Henry Prize-winning \"The Reverse Bug,\" and including six additional pieces, Lore Segal's stunning collection \"exhibits a rare insight into the human character\" (\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCalled \"an enchanting storyteller\" by \u003cem\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e, Segal unravels a web of human relationships as we meet Ilka Weisz, who, having accepted a teaching position at the Concordance Institute, a Connecticut think tank, reluctantly leaves her New York circle of friends. After the comedy of her struggle to meet new people, Ilka comes to embrace, and be embraced by, a new set of acquaintances, including the institute's director, Leslie Shakespeare, and his wife, Eliza.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough a series of memorable dinner parties, picnics, Sunday brunches, and long hours of kitchen conversation, Segal evokes the subtle drama and humor of an outsider's loneliness, the comfort and charm of familiar companionship, the bliss of being in love, and the strangeness of our behavior in the face of other people's deaths.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA magnificent, wholly original \"comedy of manners set in academic\" (\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cem\u003eShakespeare's Kitchen\u003c\/em\u003e is \"filled with all the pomp and depressed glory of a modern day The Great Gatsby . . . these vignettes are hilarious and telling. Segal exhibits a rare insight into the human character that is at once humbling and shamelessly enjoyable to behold\" (\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLore Segal\u003c\/strong\u003e (1928-2024), author of \u003cem\u003eOther People's Houses\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHer First American\u003c\/em\u003e (both published by The New Press), among other works, was the recipient of a \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of the Year Award, an O. Henry Prize, the Clifton Fadiman Medal, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. She was a regular contributor to \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/em\u003e, and other publications.\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 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 03, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53127168524595,"sku":"9798893850512","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/3VrvRoIcZN9798893850512.webp?v=1773297877","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/shakespeares-kitchen-stories-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}