{"product_id":"discipline-larissa-pham-hardcover","title":"Discipline -- Larissa Pham, Hardcover","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA taut, electrifying debut about a woman forced to confront unsettling truths about herself, her past, and the life she rebuilt following a ruinous affair with her former mentor, from \"a writer to keep a close eye on\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Precise and spellbinding . . . That knotty relationship, as propulsive as it is maddening, forces the reader to wonder: How do you separate your art from the people--and painful experiences--that helped to forge it?\"--\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE SEASON: \u003ci\u003eBustle, Debutiful, Harper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI have the sense that something is being drawn between us. Not drawn as in line but as in arrow pulled back. Yet I don't know which of us holds the bow, and which of us faces the arrow.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChristine is on tour for her novel, a revenge fantasy based on a real-life relationship gone bad with an older professor ten years prior. Now on the road, she's seeking answers--about how to live a good life and what it means to make art--through intimate conversations with strangers, past lovers, and friends. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when the antagonist of her novel--her old painting professor--reaches out in a series of sly communiques after years of silence to tell her that he's read her book, Christine must reckon with what it means to lose the reins of a narrative she wrote precisely to maintain control. When her professor invites her to join him at his house, on a remote island off the coast of Maine, their encounter threatens to change the very foundations of her life as she's imagined it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA pristine and provocative high-wire act toggling the fictions we construct for ourselves just to survive and the possibilities that lie beyond them, \u003ci\u003eDiscipline\u003c\/i\u003e launches a spellbinding inquiry into the nature of art-making and rigor, intimacy and attention, punishment and release.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Larissa Pham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.4\" H x 5.5\" L x 1.1\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780593979648\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750032179499,"sku":"9780593979648","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9780593979648.jpg?v=1774886111","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/discipline-larissa-pham-hardcover","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}