{"product_id":"discipline-9780593979648","title":"Discipline","description":"\u003cb\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 \"lit world phenom\" (\u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An exhilarating, exquisite book, full of an eerie intelligence and startling compassion . . . a pitch-perfect novel.\"--Ayșegül Savaș, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Anthropologists\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE SEASON: \u003ci\u003eBustle, Debutiful, Harper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Larissa Pham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593979648\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/10\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarissa Pham \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the essay collection \u003ci\u003ePop Song\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize. Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation, The New York Times Book Review, Bookforum, Aperture, \u003c\/i\u003eand elsewhere. She holds an MFA in fiction from the Bennington Writing Seminars and is an assistant professor of writing at The New School. \u003ci\u003eDiscipline \u003c\/i\u003eis her first novel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Larissa Pham \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47598551269533,"sku":"9780593979648","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_81a32a65-20bb-40e2-b07b-5f66471cd40d.jpg?v=1769515887","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/discipline-9780593979648","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}