{"product_id":"music-for-wartime-stories-9780143109235","title":"Music for Wartime: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eA short-story collection from the acclaimed author of The Great Believers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNamed a must-read by the Chicago Tribune, O Magazine, BuzzFeed, The Huffington Post, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, and The L Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRebecca Makkai's first two novels, The Borrower and The Hundred-Year House, have established her as one of the freshest and most imaginative voices in fiction. Now, the award-winning writer, whose stories have appeared in four consecutive editions of The Best American Short Stories, returns with a highly anticipated collection bearing her signature mix of intelligence, wit, and heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA reality show producer manipulates two contestants into falling in love, even as her own relationship falls apart. Just after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a young boy has a revelation about his father's past when a renowned Romanian violinist plays a concert in their home. When the prized elephant of a traveling circus keels over dead, the small-town minister tasked with burying its remains comes to question his own faith. In an unnamed country, a composer records the folk songs of two women from a village on the brink of destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese transporting, deeply moving stories-some inspired by her own family history-amply demonstrate Makkai's extraordinary range as a storyteller, and confirm her as a master of the short story form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Richly imagined.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n-Chicago Tribune\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Impressive.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n-O, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Engrossing.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n-Minneapolis Star-Tribune\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Inventive.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n-W Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Putnam Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42977915764902,"sku":"9780143109235","price":17.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0443\/8471\/4918\/products\/9780143109235_78f866b0-a81b-462f-925c-d01e7c1d86c0.jpg?v=1656104747","url":"https:\/\/bookxcess.myshopify.com\/products\/music-for-wartime-stories-9780143109235","provider":"Staging Site ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}