{"product_id":"orientation-and-other-stories-hardcover","title":"Orientation: And Other Stories - Hardcover","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\u003eDaniel Orozco\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBreakfast's boiled egg, the overhead hum of fluorescent lights, the midmorning coffee break--daily routines keep the world running. But when people are pushed--by a coworker's taunt, a face-to-face encounter with a woman in free fall from a bridge--cracks appear, revealing alienation, casual cruelty, madness, and above all a simultaneous hunger for and fear of the unknown. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaniel Orozco leads the reader through the hidden lives and moral philosophies of bridge painters, men housebound by obesity, office temps, and warehouse workers. He reveals the secret pleasures of late-night supermarket trips for cookie binges, exceptional data entry, and an exiled dictator's occasional piss on the U.S. embassy. A love affair blooms between two officers in the impartially worded pages of a police blotter; a new employee's first-day office tour includes descriptions of other workers' most private thoughts and actions; during an earthquake, the consciousness of the entire state of California shakes free for examination. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Orientation \"introduces a writer at the height of his powers, whose work surely invites us to reassess the landscape of American fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Orientation\" is a Kirkus Reviews Best of 2011 Short Story Collections title.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaniel Orozco's stories have appeared in \"The Best American Short Stories,\" \"The Best American Mystery Stories,\" \"The Best American Essays,\" and the \"Pushcart Prize \"anthology, as well as in publications such as \"Harper's Magazine,\" \"Zoetrope: All-Story,\" \"McSweeney's,\" \"Ecotone,\" and \"StoryQuarterly.\" He was awarded a 2006 NEA Fellowship in fiction, and was a finalist for a 2006 National Magazine Award in fiction. A former Stegner Fellow and Jones Lecturer at Stanford, he teaches creative writing at the University of Idaho.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 172\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 24, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Saroyan Writing Prize (2012)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52616710455578,"sku":"9780865478534","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/5604\/6618\/files\/jgaEClrjkK9780865478534.webp?v=1785464828","url":"https:\/\/j-s-five-and-dime.myshopify.com\/products\/orientation-and-other-stories-hardcover","provider":"J \u0026 S Five and Dime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}