{"product_id":"out-there-stories","title":"Out There: Stories","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eOut There: Stories\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eKate Folk\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780593231487\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eRandom House Trade Paperbacks\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2022\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA thrilling new voice in fiction injects the absurd into the everyday to present a startling vision of modern life, \"[as] if Kafka and Camus and Bradbury were penning episodes of \u003ci\u003eBlack Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e\" (Chang-Rae Lee, author of \u003ci\u003eMy Year Abroad\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Stories so sharp and ingenious you may cut yourself on them while reading.\"--Kelly Link, author of \u003ci\u003eGet In Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR THE CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARD - ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eChicago Review of Books, Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a focus on the weird and eerie forces that lurk beneath the surface of ordinary experience, Kate Folk's debut collection is perfectly pitched to the madness of our current moment. A medical ward for a mysterious bone-melting disorder is the setting of a perilous love triangle. A curtain of void obliterates the globe at a steady pace, forcing Earth's remaining inhabitants to decide with whom they want to spend eternity. A man fleeing personal scandal enters a codependent relationship with a house that requires a particularly demanding level of care. And in the title story, originally published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003ea woman in San Francisco uses dating apps to find a partner despite the threat posed by \"blots,\" preternaturally handsome artificial men dispatched by Russian hackers to steal data. Meanwhile, in a poignant companion piece, a woman and a blot forge a genuine, albeit doomed, connection. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePrescient and wildly imaginative, \u003ci\u003eOut There \u003c\/i\u003edepicts an uncanny landscape that holds a mirror to our subconscious fears and desires. Each story beats with its own fierce heart, and together they herald an exciting new arrival in the tradition of speculative literary fiction.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Random House Trade Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Out There: Stories | Kate Folk | Paperback | 9780593231487 | New | Fiction 1462090","offer_id":50565820416258,"sku":"1462090","price":29.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/51TJBXPhJiL.jpg?v=1790770140","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/out-there-stories","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}