{"product_id":"longest-way-to-eat-a-melon","title":"Longest Way to Eat a Melon","description":"\u003cb\u003eA cheeky debut of short fictions exploring the pitfalls and minor triumphs of the creative process.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEqual parts melody and malaise, \u003ci\u003eThe Longest Way to Eat a Melon\u003c\/i\u003e charts the activities of a cast of speakers who all grapple in their own ways with what it takes to conjure a self in the midst of discordance. A brain argues with a non-brain about how to remain productive from a place of exhaustion; two supernaturally inclined twins named Han are separated at birth; and an emerging artist paralyzed by possibility considers how best to transform a melon into a breakthrough work of art. Incorporating elements of fable, surrealism, satire, and art and cultural criticism, these stories have a playful peculiarity to them, an interweaving of self-deprecation and curiosity, of woe and hope, of absurdity and humanity. Reader, you will want to savor every bite. ","brand":"Jacquelyn Zong-Li Ross","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46717773676780,"sku":"9781956046410","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781956046410.jpg?v=1754476189","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/longest-way-to-eat-a-melon","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}