{"product_id":"9781250321800","title":"Evil Flowers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed, award-winning author of\u003ci\u003e Present Tense Machine\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKnots\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of playfully surreal stories about love, death, and metamorphosis.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eEvil Flowers\u003c\/i\u003e, a precise but madcap collection of short stories, Gunnhild Øyehaug extracts the bizarre from the mundane and reveals the strange, startling brilliance of everyday life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn her new collection, Øyehaug renovates the form again and again, confirming Lydia Davis’s observation that her “every story [is] a formal surprise, smart and droll.” These tales converse with, contradict, and expand on one another; birds, slime eels, and wild beasts reappear, gnawing at the fringes. A fairly large part of a woman’s brain slips into the toilet bowl, removing her ability to remember or recognize species of birds (particularly problematic because she is an ornithologist). Medicinal leeches ingest information through fiberoptic cables, and a new museum sinks into the ground. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInspired by Charles Baudelaire, a dreamer and romantic in the era of realism, Øyehaug revolts against the ordinary, reaching instead for the wonder to be found in fantasy and absurdity. Brimming with wit, ingenuity, and irrepressible joy, these stories mark another triumph from a dazzling international writer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gunnhild Oyehaug","offers":[{"title":"Picador |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-02-13","offer_id":44652709478655,"sku":"9781250321800","price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_142bdc31-f043-40ab-8dd4-e9a8767bef15.jpg?v=1704312997","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781250321800","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}