{"product_id":"degas-at-the-gas-station-essays-thomas-beller-paperback","title":"Degas at the Gas Station: Essays -- Thomas Beller, Paperback","description":"In his latest collection, Thomas Beller trains his piercing literary eye on how a single, seismic event indelibly shapes the trajectory of the common and mundane experiences of one's life. Weaving together a charming set of autobiographical stories, Beller interrogates the randomness and contingencies that separate sadness from joy, death from life. His father escaped the Nazis, only to die in America from cancer when Beller was nine years old. Beller measures how this loss impacted his life as the father of two young children and became both a catalyst for understanding an ever-present sorrow. At the same time, ordinary moments--from retrieving an iPod from the subway tracks to encountering the police at a Kinks concert to observing his young tutued ballerina daughter at a gas station--lead to instances of penetrating insight, self-deprecation, and humor. \u003ci\u003eDegas at the Gas Station\u003c\/i\u003e presents an endearing and bracingly honest portrait of the author as an ever-curious observer of the mysteries and profundities of everyday life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Beller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781478033035\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/29\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThomas Beller is Professor of English at Tulane University, a regular contributor to the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and the author of several books, most recently, \u003ci\u003eLost in the Game: A Book about Basketball\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Duke University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thomas Beller","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46962247893220,"sku":"9781478033035","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781478033035.jpg?v=1762413644","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/degas-at-the-gas-station-essays-thomas-beller-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}