{"product_id":"leave-society-9781101974476","title":"Leave Society","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eTaipei\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ea bold portrait of a writer working to balance all his lives--artist, son, loner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--as he spins the ordinary into something monumental. An engrossing, hopeful novel about life, fiction, and where the two blur together.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2014, a novelist named Li leaves Manhattan to visit his parents in Taipei for ten weeks. He doesn't know it yet, but his life will begin to deepen and complexify on this trip. As he flies between these two worlds--year by year, over four years--he will flit in and out of optimism, despair, loneliness, sanity, bouts of chronic pain, and drafts of a new book. He will incite and temper arguments, uncover secrets about nature and history, and try to understand how to live a meaningful life as an artist and a son. But how to fit these pieces of his life together? Where to begin? Or should he leave society altogether?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Exploring everyday events and scenes--waiting rooms, dog walks, family meals--while investigatively venturing to the edges of society, where culture dissolves into mystery, Lin shows what it is to write a novel in real time. Illuminating and deeply felt, as it builds toward a stunning, if unexpected, romance, \u003ci\u003eLeave Society\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterly story about life and art at the end of history.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA VINTAGE ORIGINAL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/03\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781101974476\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.19w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/21\/2021\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tao Lin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40423537246389,"sku":"9781101974476","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_fd782491-e964-4260-b939-aa11b1209baf.jpg?v=1625577519","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/leave-society-9781101974476","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}