{"product_id":"to-be-a-man-stories-hardcover","title":"To Be a Man: 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\u003eNicole Krauss\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e's 20 Best Titles of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTim\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ee\u003c\/em\u003e Magazine's 100 Books to Read in 2020 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e' Best Books of 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEsquire\u003c\/em\u003e's Best Books of 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York Times Editors' Choice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLit Hub's Best Books of\u003cbr\u003e2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBustle\u003c\/em\u003e's Best Short Story Collections of 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElectric Literature's Favorite Short Story Collections of 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLibrary Journal's Best Short Stories of 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Superb. . . . Krauss's\u003cbr\u003edepictions of the nuances of sex and love, intimacy and dependence, call to\u003cbr\u003emind the work of Natalia Ginzburg in their psychological profundity, their\u003cbr\u003eintellectual rigor. . . . Krauss's stories capture characters at moments in their\u003cbr\u003elives when they're hungry for experience and open to possibilities, and that\u003cbr\u003eopenness extends to the stories themselves: narratives too urgent and alive for\u003cbr\u003eneat plotlines, simplistic resolutions or easy\u003cbr\u003eanswers.\" --Molly Antopol, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \"From\u003cbr\u003ea contemporary master, an astounding collection of ten globetrotting stories, \u003cbr\u003eeach one a powerful dissection of the thorny connections between men and\u003cbr\u003ewomen. . . . Each story is masterfully crafted and deeply contemplative, barreling\u003cbr\u003etoward a shimmering, inevitable conclusion, proving once again that Krauss is\u003cbr\u003eone of our most formidable talents in fiction.\" --\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEsquire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn one of her strongest works of fiction yet, Nicole Krauss plunges fearlessly into the struggle to understand what it is to be a man and what it is to be a woman, and the arising tensions that have existed from the very beginning of time. Set in our contemporary moment, and moving across the globe from Switzerland, Japan, and New York City to Tel Aviv, Los Angeles, and South America, the stories in \u003cem\u003eTo Be a Man\u003c\/em\u003e feature male characters as fathers, lovers, friends, children, seducers, and even a lost husband who may never have been a husband at all. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe way these stories mirror one other and resonate is beautiful, with a balance so finely tuned that the book almost feels like a novel. Echoes ring through stages of life: aging parents and new-born babies; young women's coming of age and the newfound, somewhat bewildering sexual power that accompanies it; generational gaps and unexpected deliveries of strange new leases on life; mystery and wonder at a life lived or a future waiting to unfold. \u003cem\u003eTo Be a Man\u003c\/em\u003e illuminates with a fierce, unwavering light the forces driving human existence: sex, power, violence, passion, self-discovery, growing older. Profound, poignant, and brilliant, Krauss's stories are at once startling and deeply moving, but always revealing of all-too-human weakness and strength. \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 1 x 9.1 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 03, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50334807097581,"sku":"9780062431028","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/7uqcNH57vb9780062431028.webp?v=1785023023","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-au\/products\/to-be-a-man-stories-hardcover","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}