{"product_id":"time-the-present","title":"Time The Present","description":"\u003cp\u003eTime: The Present collects the best short stories of one of the finest\u003cbr\u003eAmerican writers of the 1930s, Tess Slesinger.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e An Academy Award-winning screenwriter, Tess Slesinger was one of the most innovative and original short story writers of her generation.\u003cbr\u003eShe dealt with issues of sexuality, economics, race, and the complex\u003cbr\u003erelationships between men and women in and out of marriage that\u003cbr\u003eremain highly relevant today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Slesinger’s stories can be satirical, comic, bittersweet, or tragic—but most of all, always immediate. As Vivian Gornick puts it in her eloquent\u003cbr\u003eintroduction, Slesinger’s ‘feeling for life’s unavoidable sorrow remains\u003cbr\u003ehaunting.’ Taking great stylistic risks, Slesinger freed her stories of the\u003cbr\u003econstraints of period and place and created works that are timeless in\u003cbr\u003e their impact and approach. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime: The Present \u003c\/i\u003erestores Slesinger’s rightful place as one of the greats of the 20th century short story form. It includes numerous stories from The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and other magazines collected here for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime: The Present\u003c\/i\u003e continues Recovered Books’ mission to bring long forgotten books of exceptional merit and resounding relevance to\u003cbr\u003e today’s readers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57312946258302,"sku":"NW9781913861582","price":14.72,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781913861582.jpg?v=1778576728","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/time-the-present","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}