{"product_id":"near-flesh-stories-hardcover","title":"Near Flesh: Stories - Hardcover","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\u003eKatherine Dunn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA previously unpublished collection of stories about motherhood, violence, and desire, from the cult icon Katherine Dunn, the author of \u003ci\u003eGeek Love\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA woman invests in a series of sex robots to get her off and comes to terms with the limitations--and real threat--of automated companionship. A knowing young student pursues an affair with an older man, the poet in residence at the university where she studies writing, and weighs the benefits and costs of their arrangement. A mother moves to a farm with her family and must come to terms with the violence simmering beneath her skin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNear Flesh\u003c\/i\u003e is the first and only collection of short fiction by Katherine Dunn, the author of the bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eGeek Love\u003c\/i\u003e. These nineteen stories are, like Dunn's entire body of work, attuned to the spit and grit of tough living. They pulse with yearning for a more prosperous life, for sexual satisfaction, to escape abusive husbands and the disappointments of convention. A better life, for these mostly female protagonists, seems always just out of reach. In Near Flesh, Dunn explores the struggle of women to live on their own terms, and the desire to relish--rather than squash--what distinguishes a person.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatherine Dunn \u003c\/b\u003e(1945-2016) is the author of \u003ci\u003eGeek Love\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the National Book Award and the Bram Stoker Award, as well as the novels \u003ci\u003eToad\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAttic\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTruck\u003c\/i\u003e. She was an award-winning boxing journalist whose work appeared in \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKO Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Ring\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e. Her writing on boxing is collected in \u003ci\u003eOne Ring Circus\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2004, Dunn and the photographer Jim Lommasson won the Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize for their work on the book \u003ci\u003eShadow Boxers\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 07, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52584300413235,"sku":"9780374602352","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Gei1hNrqDI9780374602352.webp?v=1761584055","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/near-flesh-stories-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}