{"product_id":"an-oral-history-of-atlantis-stories-by-ed-park","title":"An Oral History of Atlantis: Stories by Ed Park","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"doPublisherSearch\" href=\"https:\/\/ipage.ingramcontent.com\/ipage\/productdetail?queryString=H4sIAAAAAAAA_x3KsQrCQBCE4Vc5pk6jYLOdIYIgmiaFEIIc5AKHixtuVyQG393V7vuHWaEjaIqsqYKKgKw8nbOBUIvc4dY3aLtzsI-Ha9fg93U358vfM6jvNxXcp7S8pIy3Lhsn77ZEDsesJmUJMoW9cXxYVgzD5wsqeeY_fQAAAA\u0026amp;R=89819231\u0026amp;dNo=0#\"\u003eRandom House Trade\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eNPR,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe, Electric Lit, Lit Hub, Shelf Awareness\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \"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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Ed Park's utterly original collection, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Oral History of Atlantis,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003echaracters 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dotters Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52832986857765,"sku":"9780812988345","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2167\/5269\/files\/9780812988345.gif?v=1784734785","url":"https:\/\/dottersbooks.com\/products\/an-oral-history-of-atlantis-stories-by-ed-park","provider":"Dotters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}