{"product_id":"an-oral-history-of-atlantis-stories-9780812998993","title":"An Oral History of Atlantis: Stories","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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Ed Park's utterly original collection, \u003ci\u003eAn Oral History of Atlantis, \u003c\/i\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ed Park\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/29\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.8lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812998993","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44424617525385,"sku":"9780812998993","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_863fcf95-c75c-409b-87fc-8c06f43a8570.jpg?v=1753170235","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/an-oral-history-of-atlantis-stories-9780812998993","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}