{"product_id":"oral-history-of-atlantis","title":"Oral History Of Atlantis By Park, Ed","description":"\u003cb\u003eA deadpan, wildly imaginative collection of stories that slices clean through the mundanity and absurdity of modern life, from the author of the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize–winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist \u003ci\u003eSame Bed Different Dreams \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn “Machine City,” a college student’s role in a friend’s movie causes lines to blur between his character and his true self. In “Slide to Unlock,” a man comes to terms with his life, via the passwords he struggles to remember in a moment of extremis. And in “Weird Menace,” a director and faded movie\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003estar discuss science fiction, memory, and lost loves on a commentary track for a film from the ’80s that neither seems to remember all that well. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Ed Park’s utterly original collection, \u003ci\u003eAn Oral History of Atlantis, \u003c\/i\u003echaracters question the fleetingness of youth and art,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ereckon with the consequences of the everyday, and find solace in the absurd, the beautiful, and the sublime. Throughout, Park deploys his trademark wit to create a world both strikingly recognizable and delightfully other. All together, these fifteen stories have much to say about the meaning—and transitory nature—of our lives. And they are proof positive that Ed Park is one of the most insightful and imaginative writers working today.","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57584043819390,"sku":"NW9780812998993","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780812998993.jpg?v=1783301889","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/oral-history-of-atlantis","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}