{"product_id":"9781956046311","title":"A Terrifying Brush with Optimism : New and Selected Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eA collection of new and selected works from Lambda Literary Award and Asian-American Literary Award winner Brian Leung. In a cultural moment where folks are stripped of the their dignity or shed it willingly, the figures in this book wonder at the utility of maintaining their own. There's a touch of Hamlet's question in there along with some I Ching. Can monkeys pray? Are we better off living in the real world or a speculative one? Through an essay, a novella, and short and flash fiction pieces, A Terrifying Brush with Optimism is at once leaping, thoughtful, diverse, comic, and brooding.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sarabande Books, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49243410464995,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0764\/3758\/6147\/files\/9781956046311-1.jpg?v=1788422116","url":"https:\/\/usa.kinokuniya.com\/products\/9781956046311","provider":"Books Kinokuniya USA","version":"1.0","type":"link"}