{"product_id":"exit-zero-stories-paperback","title":"Exit Zero: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarie-Helene Bertino\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Best Book of the Year \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e- \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e- \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e- \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Marie-Helene] Bertino blurs the line between writer and magician . . . Dazzling.\" --Molly Young, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e The New York Times Book Review \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e(Editors' Choice)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Short Story Collection of 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Must-Read: \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOur Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBook Riot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLong-listed for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLong-listed for the Story Prize\u003cbr\u003eWinner of a PEN\/O. Henry Prize: \"Exit Zero\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncluded in The Best American Short Stories: \"Viola in Midwinter\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwelve delightfully strange, haunting stories from the acclaimed, oracular author of \u003ci\u003eBeautyland\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDeath-shaped entities--with all of their humor and strangeness-- haunt the twelve stories in \u003ci\u003eExit Zero\u003c\/i\u003e. Vampires, ghost girls, fathers, blank spaces, day-old peaches, and famous paintings all pierce through their world into ours, reminding us to pay attention! and look alive! and offering many other flashes of wisdom from the oracle and author of \u003ci\u003eBeautyland\u003c\/i\u003e, Marie-Helene Bertino.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarie-Helene Bertino\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eBeautyland\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eParakeet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e2 A.M. at The Cat's Pajamas\u003c\/i\u003e, and the story collection \u003ci\u003eSafe as Houses\u003c\/i\u003e. She was the 2017 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Fellow in Cork, Ireland. She has received the PEN\/O. Henry Award, the Pushcart Prize, the Iowa Short Fiction Award, the Mississippi Review Fiction Prize, and fellowships from MacDowell Colony, Sewanee Writers Conference, and New York City's Center for Fiction, and her work has twice been featured on NPR's Selected Shorts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 22, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53577611870515,"sku":"9780374616472","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/exit-zero-stories-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}