{"product_id":"these-are-our-demands-stories-paperback","title":"These Are Our Demands: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew Pitt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe characters in Matthew Pitt's \u003cem\u003eThese Are Our Demands \u003c\/em\u003egrasp at last chances. Through subversive--and sometimes fabulist--satire, this collection explores the wilderness beyond the borders of polite society.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The stories in \u003cem\u003eThese Are Our Demands\u003c\/em\u003e vibrate with the 'magical every day, ' each one finely tuned to the strange, hilarious, and often unsettling pulse that beats beneath the ordinary. Matthew Pitt has written a brilliant study of us, one that will keep you smiling and thinking for days. With the humor of Thurber and the algebra of Borges, he reveals the buried restlessness that ripples the surface of modern life.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Ana Menéndez, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eauthor of\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003eAdios, Happy Homeland!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Matthew Pitt's \u003cem\u003eThese Are Our Demands\u003c\/em\u003e is an inventive, powerful collection. It showcases Pitt's keen eye for the ways that his characters struggle to be more than the person that they are, despite the fact that they are, as one story puts it, 'falling behind the curve.' These are stories deeply rooted in place that peel away the illusion of safety to find a deeper truth, something startling and beautiful.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Kevin Wilson, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eauthor of\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Family Fang\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"In turns both dark and shimmering, Matthew Pitt's beautiful prose simmers with uncertainty and unease, humor and heartache, tenderness and toughness. This collection of timely, timeless stories is filled with characters who teeter on the precipice between getting what they want and losing what they have, a panoply of desire and desperation, of unrealized dreams and unexpected kindnesses. It's a truly wonderful book.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Aryn Kyle, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eauthor of\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe God of Animals\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 22, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47418172899506,"sku":"9781938126376","price":24.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/a9b98ff3fca6d6b75f1a67102f7352b9.webp?v=1778444935","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/these-are-our-demands-stories-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}