Jesse Eisenberg to publish a book of short fiction with Grove

Oscar-nominated actor Jesse Eisenberg, just 30, can add another skill to his resume: writing fiction. Eisenberg will publish a book of short stories with Grove Atlantic in spring 2015, the publisher announced Tuesday.

Tentatively titled “Bream Gives Me Hiccups: And Other Stories,” the book will include previously unpublished pieces as well as work that has appeared in the New Yorker and McSweeney’s.

The title “Bream Gives Me Hiccups” comes from the “restaurant reviews from a privileged 9-year-old” that Eisenberg wrote for McSweeney’s.

Those stories include the 9-year-old’s take on Sushi Nozawa, The Museum of Natural History (“Yesterday we took a class trip to the Museum of Natural History, which is a place where you’re supposed to learn about history but all you really do is look at dinosaur skeletons and eat lunch.”) and Fuddruckers (“Yesterday, Matthew and I went to Fuddruckers, which is a place that sounds like a swear word but actually just sells disgusting hamburgers that you have to make yourself.”)

In its release, Grove described the other work to appear in the short fiction collection: “stories imagine discussions in ancient Pompeii just before the volcanic eruption, explore the vagaries of post-gender-normative dating in New York City, and chart a marriage counselor’s heckling at a Knicks game.”

Eisenberg, the latest young Hollywood star to turn to fiction, joins B.J. Novak, whose “One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories” was published last week.

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