{"product_id":"among-the-missing","title":"Among the Missing - Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • A sharp and haunting collection of twelve stories about people who live far outside the American Dream, while wondering which decision, which path, or which accident brought them to this place.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Unforgettable . . . hums with life and wry humor . . . The stories sneak resolutely up on you, like new weather that hits before you know it.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e(Editors’ Choice)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach story in \u003ci\u003eAmong the Missing \u003c\/i\u003eradiates with sharp humor, mystery, wonder, and startling compassion as Dan Chaon imagines today’s family instinctively trying to stay together, only to find itself lost in the throes of a chaotic, modern world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn “Safety Man,” a young widow and her children become increasingly attached to an inflatable protector-doll, as the world outside seems to grow ever more threatening; “Big Me” follows a lonely, imaginative twelve-year-old boy who believes an older (slightly creepier) version of himself has moved in next door; In “I Demand to Know Where You're Taking Me,” a man blinded by love for his imprisoned brother ignores the warnings of his distant wife and a talking parrot who both witness things he’s never seen; and “Among the Missing” explores how the death of a family, found buckled in their car at the bottom of a lake, casts a shadow on a small town and intrudes upon the narrator's relationship with his aging mother.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA writer of enormous talent and emotional depth, Chaon mines the psychological landscape of his characters to dazzling effect. \u003ci\u003eAmong the Missing \u003c\/i\u003elingers in the mind through its subtle grace and power of language.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51166798545184,"sku":"9780345441614","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/3661\/7504\/files\/9780345441614.jpg?v=1769721302","url":"https:\/\/creativebysanchez.com\/es\/products\/among-the-missing","provider":"Creative By Sanchez","version":"1.0","type":"link"}