{"product_id":"lightning-field-9780743223751","title":"Lightning Field","description":"\u003cb\u003e*A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book and \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year*\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the National Book Award nominated author of \u003ci\u003eInnocents and Others\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWayward\u003c\/i\u003e, a \"wonderfully funny, accomplished, and far-reaching first novel about our consumer colossus and the human products it makes and shapes\" (Don DeLillo).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her bold and lyrical first novel, Dana Spiotta evokes Los Angeles as a land of Spirit Gyms and Miracle Miles, a great centerless place where chains of reference get lost, or finally don't matter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMina lives with her screenwriter husband and works at her best friend Lorene's highly successful concept restaurants, which exploit the desires and idiosyncrasies of a rich, chic clientele. Almost inadvertently, Mina has acquired two lovers. And then there are the other men in her life: her father, a washed-up Hollywood director living in a yurt and hiding from his debtors, and her disturbed brother, Michael, whose attempts to connect with her force Mina to consider that she might still have a heart--if only she could remember where she had left it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBetween her Spiritual Exfoliation and Detoxification therapies and her elaborate devotion to style, Lorene is interested only in charting her own perfection and impending decay. Although supremely confident in a million shallow ways, she, too, starts to fray at the edges. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd there is Lisa, a loving mother who cleans houses, scrapes by, and dreams of food terrorists and child abductors, until even the most innocent events seem to hint at dark possibilities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLightning Field\u003c\/i\u003e explores the language tics of our culture--the consumerist fetishes, the self-obsession, and the possibility that you just might have gotten it all badly wrong. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePlayful and dire, raw and poetic, \u003ci\u003eLightning Field\u003c\/i\u003e introduces a startling new voice in American fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780743223751\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.96h x 5.34w x 0.49d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/09\/2002 pg. 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/18\/2002 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dana Spiotta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42325141913781,"sku":"9780743223751","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b943d6c8-6eb6-4a07-865f-09f94b60e723.jpg?v=1660016485","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/lightning-field-9780743223751","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}