{"product_id":"9780062408976","title":"Tales of Accidental Genius : Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eA master storyteller's vision reawakens us to the human experience in this diverse, haunting, and unexpectedly humorous new collection of short fiction from Simon Van Booy-his first since Love Begins in Winter, winner of the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. \"She believed it was a gift to never truly know the self. We are not who we think we are, nor how others see us. Long before death, we die a thousand times at the hands of a definition.\" In his first book of short stories since Love Begins in Winter, for which he won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award), bestselling author Simon Van Booy offers a collection of stories highlighting how human genius can emerge through acts of compassion. Through characters including an eccentric film director, an aging Cockney bodyguard, the teenage child of Nigerian immigrants, a divorced amateur magician from New Jersey, and a Beijing street vendor who becomes an overnight billionaire, Tales of Accidental Genius contemplates individuals from different cultures, races-rich and poor, young and old-and reveals how faith and yearning for connection helps us all transcend darkness of fear and misfortune.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperPerennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45374099587151,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":630.0,"currency_code":"TWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/9174\/2287\/files\/9780062408976-1.jpg?v=1780180634","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.tw\/products\/9780062408976","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Taiwan","version":"1.0","type":"link"}