{"product_id":"life-among-the-terranauts-9780316316972","title":"Life Among the Terranauts","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the \"enthralling\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"beautiful\" (\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e) debut novel \u003ci\u003eThe Vexations \u003c\/i\u003ecomes an exciting \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003enew story collection that moves boldly between the real and the surreal\u003c\/b\u003e Following her \"marvelous\" (\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) first novel, Caitlin Horrocks returns with a much-anticipated collection of short stories. In her signature, genre-defying style, she explodes our notions of what a story can do and where it can take us.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife Among the Terranauts\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates all the inventiveness that won admirers for Horrocks's first collection. In \"The Sleep,\" reprinted in \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, residents of a town in the frigid Midwest decide to hibernate through the bitter winters. In the title story, half a dozen people move into an experimental biodome for a shot at a million dollars, if they can survive two years. And in \"Sun City,\" published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003ea young woman meets her grandmother's roommate in the wake of her death and attempts to solve the mystery of whether the two women were lovers.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAs the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e noted of her first collection, Horrocks is a master of \"wild yet delicately handled satire,\" a \"sprightly heartbreak\" in which she is able to \"mingle a note of tenderness in the desolation.\" With its startling range--from Norwegian trolls to Peruvian tour guides--\u003ci\u003eLife Among the Terranauts \u003c\/i\u003eonce again dazzles readers, cementing Horrocks's reputation as one of the premier young writers of our time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Brown and Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/12\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316316972\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272","brand":"Caitlin Horrocks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38028085854389,"sku":"9780316316972","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_da177e6d-9123-48e3-9007-bae4c2f5dca5.jpg?v=1609194499","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/life-among-the-terranauts-9780316316972","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}