{"product_id":"beautiful-days-stories-hardcover","title":"Beautiful Days: Stories - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eZach Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e contributor Zach Williams comes a striking and savage debut story collection that confronts parenthood, mortality, and life's broken promises.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA couple awakens in a home in the woods to find themselves rapidly aging as their toddler remains unchanged. A work-worn employee navigates conspiracy theories and the threat of violence in an abandoned office. A tour guide leads a troublesome group to an ancient structure, apparently nonhuman in origin, discovering along the way that the most mysterious creatures of all are right beside him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese ten stories show the fallibility of time and how reality reveals itself behind the gauze of a dream--or a nightmare. Throughout, Williams illustrates how quickly we come to the edges of our patience and endurance, the hidden damages lurking in the shadows of the everyday, the distances we must travel to protect our families, and the tenuousness of even our deepest relationships. Williams sees the perversity in the mundane and dares readers to confront the power--and beauty--of time's relentless movement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith exquisite prose and a lacerating wit, \u003ci\u003eBeautiful Days \u003c\/i\u003eholds a mirror to the many absurdities of being human and refuses to let us look away.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eZACH WILLIAMS is a Jones Lecturer in Fiction at Stanford University, where he previously held a Wallace Stegner Fellowship. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The Paris Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's Quarterly Concern\u003c\/i\u003e. His story \"Trial Run\" was one of three that won \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review \u003c\/i\u003ea 2023 ASME Award for Fiction. Originally from Wilmington, Delaware, he currently resides with his family in San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 8.35 x 5.59 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 11, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699372200032,"sku":"9780385550147","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/36796d2e98a0f1d67bd170f6c0a8280b.webp?v=1775836882","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/beautiful-days-stories-hardcover","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}