{"product_id":"gravity-changes","title":"Gravity Changes","description":"\u003ch4\u003eWinner of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.boaeditions.org\/pages\/boa-short-fiction-prize\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBOA SHORT FICTION PRIZE\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003eRecommended in \u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post’s\u003c\/em\u003e 2017 \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/entertainment\/books\/a-summer-book-list-like-no-other\/2017\/07\/25\/5f36dbe0-6e2e-11e7-b9e2-2056e768a7e5_story.html?utm_term=.9a0cd1a858fa\" title=\"Washington Post 2017 Summer Book List\"\u003eSUMMER BOOK LIST\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGravity Changes\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of fantastical, off-beat stories that view the quotidian world through the lens of the absurd. Set in a surreal, fictional world that is populated by strange, fascinating characters—children who defy gravity, a man who marries a lightbulb, the Devil and his ex-wife—these stories take wide steps outside of reality, finding new ways to illuminate truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eGravity Changes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003eThe 19 fantastical stories in this engaging collection bend the laws of physics and fiction to leave lasting impressions. . . . Powers excels in his earnest care for his characters and a willingness to test out every idea, whether or not it’s likely to soar.\u003cspan\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Flying children, lovely light bulbs, and unusually expressive faces are just some of the wonders that populate the world of Powers’s debut short story collection. . . . \u003c\/span\u003eIf some of the stories require a second reading, it\u003cspan\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003es not because Powers strays too far down the rabbit hole but because they\u003cspan\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003ere too provocative to release their hold on the reader all at once. And if any of the glimpses into this world, a place wholly different and yet somehow recognizable as our own, are too peculiar to evoke their roots in truth, the next one is never too far away. A fanciful take on life, love, tragedy, and human connection that draws its strength from insight instead of artifice.\u003cspan\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/files\/kirkus-star-seal_icon.png?v=1488905259\" alt=\"\" width=\"23\" height=\"23\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003eA wonderfully vertiginous, through-the-looking-glass story collection, packed with Powers’s one-of-a-kind humor and insight. With his extraordinary imagination and vitalizing prose, Powers can make anything live, and does. He is fluently conversant with the Devil, the dead, children, animals, astronauts, and newlyweds—and this is just a partial roster of the wild crew aboard this ship. Goofy and profound, lyrical and exhilarating, \u003cem\u003eGravity Changes\u003c\/em\u003e is a thrilling, rocket-fueled debut.\u003cspan\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKaren Russell\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eSwamplandia!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003eHere is a collection for those in love with language, in love with wonder, and in love with the transformative power of storytelling. These stories will make you laugh and cry and wonder how exactly Zach Powers does it. Powers is brilliant, an ecstatic and exciting new voice.\u003cspan\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBryan Hurt\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eEveryone Wants to Be Ambassador to France\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eGravity Changes\u003c\/em\u003e is an unceasingly inventive and sharply observed collection of short stories. In it, Powers paints a quirky, skewed world, but one that\u003cspan\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003es wholly recognizable. Readers will encounter characters who defy gravity, lightbulbs incarnate, portals to other dimensions, and co-workers who read messages of guilt etched on one another\u003cspan\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003es foreheads. The collection is darkly comic, and sometimes otherworldly, but always perceptive, exploring a landscape of human emotions: loss, longing, loneliness, and nostalgia. Fantastical and hilarious, profound and melancholy, \u003cem\u003eGravity Changes\u003c\/em\u003e is a force of nature, and Zach Powers is a major talent to watch.\u003cspan\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSarah Domet\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Guineveres\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e© BOA Editions, Ltd. 2017\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":26036966217,"sku":"9781942683377","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/GravityChanges_FinalFront.jpg?v=1527683270","url":"https:\/\/shop.boaeditions.org\/products\/gravity-changes","provider":"Boa Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}