{"product_id":"book-biye","title":"Fortune Smiles","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe National Book Award–winning story collection from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Orphan Master’s Son \u003c\/i\u003eoffers something rare in fiction: a new way of looking at the world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“MASTERFUL.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post \u003c\/i\u003e“ENTRANCING.”—\u003ci\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine \u003c\/i\u003e“PERCEPTIVE AND BRAVE.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout these six stories, Pulitzer Prize winner Adam Johnson delves deep into love and loss, natural disasters, the influence of technology, and how the political shapes the personal, giving voice to the perspectives we don’t often hear.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn “Nirvana,” a programmer whose wife has a rare disease finds solace in a digital simulacrum of the president of the United States. In “Hurricanes Anonymous,” a young man searches for the mother of his son in a Louisiana devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. “George Orwell Was a Friend of Mine” follows a former warden of a Stasi prison in East Germany who vehemently denies his past, even as pieces of it are delivered in packages to his door. And in the unforgettable title story, Johnson returns to his signature subject, North Korea, depicting two defectors from Pyongyang who are trying to adapt to their new lives in Seoul, while one cannot forget the woman he left behind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReaders:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Nirvana” read by Johnathan McClain \u003cbr\u003e“Hurricanes Anonymous” read by Dominic Hoffman \u003cbr\u003e“Interesting Facts” read by Cassandra Campbell \u003cbr\u003e“George Orwell Was a Friend of Mine” read by W. Morgan Sheppard \u003cbr\u003e“Dark Meadow” read by Will Damron \u003cbr\u003e“Fortune Smiles” read by Greg Chun \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE STORY PRIZE • A \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e NOTABLE BOOK \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eThe Miami Herald • San Francisco Chronicle • USA Today \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post \u003c\/i\u003e • NPR • \u003ci\u003eMarie Claire • St. Louis Post-Dispatch • BuzzFeed • The Daily Beast • Los Angeles Magazine • The Independent • BookPage • Kirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Remarkable … Adam Johnson is one of America’s greatest living writers.”— \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Huffington Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Haunting, harrowing … Johnson’s writing is as rich in compassion as it is in invention, and that rare combination makes Fortune Smiles worth treasuring.”— \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49334638182704,"sku":"BDbiye","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/biye-Square-cover.jpg?v=1776545169","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-biye","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}