{"product_id":"the-exhibition-of-persephone-q-paperback","title":"The Exhibition of Persephone Q - 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\u003eJessi Jezewska Stevens\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWALL STREET JOURNAL\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eVOGUE\u003c\/i\u003e MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eA triumph of tone and intelligence. Percy Q's perspective is skewed and searching at once, and through her eyes, we see afresh not only New York's post-9\/11 landscape but also the world of art, and love, and the process of becoming.\" --Rivka Galchen, author of \u003ci\u003eAtmospheric Disturbances\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePercy is pregnant. She hasn't told a soul. Probably she should tell her husband--certainly she \u003ci\u003emeans \u003c\/i\u003eto--but one night she wakes up to find she no longer recognizes him. Now, instead of sleeping, Percy is spending her nights taking walks through her neighborhood, all the while fretting over her marriage, her impending motherhood, and the sinister ways the city is changing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmid this alienation--from her husband, home, and rapidly changing body--a package arrives. In it: an exhibition catalog for a photography show. The photographs consist of a series of digitally manipulated images of a woman lying on a bed in a red room. It takes a moment for even Percy to notice that the woman is herself . . . but no one else sees the resemblance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePercy must now come to grips with the fundamental question of identity in the digital age: To what extent do we own our own image, and to what extent is that image shaped by the eyes of others? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCapturing perfectly the haunted atmosphere of Manhattan immediately after 9\/11--and the simmering insanity of America ever since--Jessi Jezewska Stevens's \u003ci\u003eThe Exhibition of Persephone Q \u003c\/i\u003eis a darkly witty satire about how easy it is to lose ownership of our own selves.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJessi Jezewska Stevens\u003c\/b\u003e holds a BA in mathematics from Middlebury College and an MFA in fiction from Columbia University. Her stories and essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBOMB\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She lives in New York, where she teaches fiction. \u003ci\u003eThe Exhibition of Persephone Q\u003c\/i\u003e is her debut novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.7 x 4.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 02, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52577794064691,"sku":"9781250785930","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/dz4x3tJr659781250785930.webp?v=1761440042","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-exhibition-of-persephone-q-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}