{"product_id":"ninetails-paperback-by-sally-wen-mao","title":"Ninetails Paperback by Sally Wen Mao","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                            \n                                \n                                    \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                                    \u003cul\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003ePenguin Books\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2024-05-28)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e288\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780143137894\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e209.79\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e7.93 x 5.27 x 0.61\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY BOOKS OF 2024 WITH THE WASHINGTON POST, ELLE, AND ELECTRIC LIT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A sumptuous and lively collection, leaping from story to story in much the same way a fox does — surprisingly, gracefully, and with impressive aim. I loved this book.” – Kelly Link, Pulitzer Prize finalist and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eGet in Trouble \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“What I love most about \u003ci\u003eNinetails \u003c\/i\u003eis its fierce allegiance to underdogs of all kinds, its careful and myriad empathy for its characters, but also its pure and artisanal delight in language and fictive possibilities.” —Ocean Vuong, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eOn Earth, We're Briefly Gorgeous \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTime is a Mother\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA “lyrical and virtuosic” fabulist debut collection of stories re-imagining the nine-tailed fox spirit of Asian folklore (Gina Chung).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fox spirit avenges a teen girl by seducing her abuser. A shapeshifting woman finds herself chased through the woods by fox hunters; meanwhile, an assassination plot called Operation Fox Hunt unfolds against the last Queen of Korea. Chinese migrants hoping to make new lives as “paper children” in America find their pasts—and their hopes for the future—embodied in the foxes that haunt the harbor in 1900s Angel Island. In the nine tales of \u003ci\u003eNinetails, \u003c\/i\u003eacclaimed poet Sally Wen Mao reimagines the fox spirit from Asian folklore—a shapeshifter, shaman, and seductress—as an icon of vengeance, solidarity and liberation. The characters of her stories are varied—from silicone sex dolls who come to life with new purpose, to women whose crushes manifest as stones—but they all reach for a common purpose: to find truth and belonging in a difficult world determined to consider them alien.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the fabulist vibrancy of Carmen Maria Machado, the sinuous world-building of Helen Oyeyemi, and the sensuous feminist rage of Han Kang, \u003ci\u003eNinetails\u003c\/i\u003e is both timeless—unearthing a cultural icon whose origins date back over a thousand years—and timely in its contemporary political urgency.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                    \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003eSally Wen Mao is the acclaimed author of three poetry collections--\u003ci\u003eOculus \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and one of Time Magazine’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2019;\u003ci\u003e Mad Honey Symposium\u003c\/i\u003e, which named a Top Ten Debut of 2014 in \u003ci\u003ePoets \u0026amp; Writers; \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Kingdom of Surfaces\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the 2023 Maya Angelou Book Award. The recipient of two Pushcart Prizes and a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, she's been published in \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review, Harper Bazaar, Guenrica, PEN America, \u003c\/i\u003eamong others, with rave reviews of her writing in national outlets such as the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker, NPR\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. She currently lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                            \n                            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44900684497057,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780143137894","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780143137894.jpg?v=1744359662","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/ninetails-paperback-by-sally-wen-mao","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}