{"product_id":"mice-1961-9780063495494","title":"Mice 1961","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINALIST, 2025 PULITZER PRIZE IN FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED IN WASHINGTON POST'S \"50 NOTABLE WORKS OF FICTION\" IN 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Stacey Levine's fiction is unlike anything else. Peculiar, vivid, preternaturally alert to the strangeness of the human condition, \u003ci\u003eMice 1961\u003c\/i\u003e is terrific.\"--Kelly Link, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA novel set in the Cold War era about two orphaned half-sisters, a boarder, and the neighbors who surround them, a stylized and startling depiction of lives lived at a high pitch of emotion in the shadow of global catastrophe (\u003ci\u003efrom the Pulitzer Prize jury's citation\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStacey Levine's \u003ci\u003eMice 1961\u003c\/i\u003e recounts a pivotal day in the fraught relationship of two orphaned sisters through the eyes of their obsessively observant housekeeper, Girtle. Will Jody be able to cope if her younger sibling Mice, subject to constant harassment in their community for her unusual appearance and habits, leaves home? How will their all-watching companion convey her fierce attachment to them both? As a Greek chorus of local characters cavort and joke their way through a neighborhood party, the sisters and their ardent admirer cross paths with an unsettling stranger, leading to momentous changes for all. Set in southern Florida at the height of cold-war hysteria, \u003ci\u003eMice 1961\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful meditation on belonging, conformity and otherness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stacey Levine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.31w x 0.68d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063495494\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLevine, Stacey:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eHailed by the \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Bay Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e as \"one of the most interesting writers working in America today,\" Stacey Levine is the author of four previous books, has received a PEN Fiction Award and a Stranger Genius Award for Literature, and has twice been shortlisted for a Washington State Book Award. Her latest novel, \u003cem\u003eMice 1961\u003c\/em\u003e, was a finalist for the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Stacey Levine \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48230181699741,"sku":"9780063495494","price":23.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_deaf219b-848f-4c15-a6f0-51f9777e4a1d.jpg?v=1778576922","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/mice-1961-9780063495494","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}