{"product_id":"books-an-oral-history-of-atlantis-an-by-ed-park","title":"An Oral History of Atlantis, An","description":"\u003cb\u003eGilt-edged stories that slice clean through the mundanity of modern life, from the author of \u003ci\u003eSame Bed Different Dreams,\u003c\/i\u003e a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and winner of the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Ed Park is one of the funniest writers working today, and among the most humane.\"-Kaveh Akbar, author of \u003ci\u003eMartyr!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR- \u003ci\u003eTime,\u003c\/i\u003e NPR, \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe, Electric Lit, Lit Hub, Shelf Awareness\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \"Machine City\" a college student's chance role in a friend's movie blurs the line between his character and his true self. (Is he a robot?) In \"Slide to Unlock\" a man comes to terms with his life via the passwords he struggles to remember in extremis. (What's his mom's name backward?) And in \"Weird Menace\" a director and faded movie star gab about science fiction, bad costume choices, and lost loves on a commentary track for a B-film from the '80s that neither remembers all that well.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In Ed Park's utterly original collection, \u003ci\u003eAn Oral History of Atlantis,\u003c\/i\u003e characters bemoan their fleeting youth, focus on their breathing, meet cute, break up, write book reviews, translate ancient glyphs, bid on stuff online, whale watch, and once in a while find solace in the sublime. Throughout, Park deploys his trademark wit to create a world both strikingly recognizable and delightfully other. Spanning a quarter century, these sixteen stories tell the absurd truth about our lives. They capture the moment when the present becomes the past-and are proof positive that Ed Park is one of the most imaginative and insightful writers working today.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53506771747089,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780812998993.jpg?v=1778117182","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-an-oral-history-of-atlantis-an-by-ed-park","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}