{"product_id":"where-are-you-really-from-stories","title":"Where Are You Really from: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNPR \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eELECTRIC LIT \u003c\/i\u003e- A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2025 BY \u003ci\u003eLIT HUB\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTHE OC REGISTER\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTHE MILLIONS \u003c\/i\u003eAND MORE - NAMED A BEST BOOK OF AUGUST 2025 BY \u003ci\u003ePEOPLE \u003c\/i\u003eMAGAZINE - NAMED A MUST-READ BOOK BY \u003ci\u003eTHE CHICAGO REVIEW OF BOOKS\u003c\/i\u003e - THE STRAND'S AUGUST 2025 PICK-OF-THE-MONTH - SELECTED AS AN AUGUST 2025 READ BY VULTURE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Scintillating ... These expressive and atmospheric tales mesmerize\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Chou is gifted at storytelling with a surrealistic bent ... Sharp storytelling that bends and blurs genre expectations.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the critically-acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eDisorientation\u003c\/i\u003e, a multi-genre story collection that explores the limits and possibilities of storytelling \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA mail order bride from Taiwan is packed up in a cardboard box and sent via express shipping to California, where her much older husband awaits her. Two teenage girls meticulously plan how to kill and cook their downstairs neighbor. An American au pair moves to Paris to find herself, only to find her actual French doppelgänger. A father reunites with his estranged daughter in unusual circumstances: as a background actor on the set of her film. A writer's affair with a married artist tests the line between fact and fiction, self-victimization and the victimization of others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these six singular stories and a novella that pivot from the terrible to the beautiful to the surreal, Elaine Hsieh Chou confronts the slipperiness of truth in storytelling. With razor-sharp precision and psychological acuity, she peels back the tales we tell ourselves to peer beneath them: at our treacherous desires, our self-deceptions and our capacity for cruelty, both to ourselves and each other. Expansive and provocative, \u003ci\u003eWhere Are You Really From\u003c\/i\u003e is a visionary achievement.","brand":"Elaine Hsieh Chou","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47288281694444,"sku":"9780593298381","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780593298381.jpg?v=1770538118","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/where-are-you-really-from-stories","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}