{"product_id":"love-among-the-particles-other-stories-9781934137642","title":"Love Among the Particles \u0026 Other Stories","description":"\"Topical, astonishing and provocative . . . a masterful collection.\" --\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eShelf Awareness for Readers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" Lock's stories] are gems, rich in imagination and language . . . For all their convolutions of space and time, these stories are remarkably easy to follow and savor.\" --\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMr. Hyde finally reveals his secrets to an ambitious journalist, unleashing unforeseen horrors. An ancient Egyptian mummy is revived in 1935 New York to consult on his Hollywood biopic. A Brooklynite suddenly dematerializes and passes through the internet, in search of true love...\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLove Among the Particles\u003c\/i\u003e is virtuosic storytelling, at once a poignant critique of our romance with technology and a love letter to language. In a whirlwind tour of space, time, and history, Norman Lock creates worlds that veer wildly from the natural to the supernatural via the pre-modern, mechanical, and digital ages. Whether reintroducing characters from the pages of Robert Louis Stevenson, Mark Twain, Franz Kafka, and Gaston Leroux, or performing dizzying displays of literary pyrotechnics, these stories are nothing less than a compendium of the marvelous. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNorman Lock\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning author of novels, short fiction, and poetry, as well as stage, radio, and screenplays. He has won The Dactyl Foundation Literary Fiction Award, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e Aga Khan Prize for Fiction, and writing fellowships from the New Jersey Council on the Arts, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts. He lives in Aberdeen, New Jersey.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bellevue Literary Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781934137642\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 285\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/20\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/17\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/13\/2013\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Norman Lock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40600918130869,"sku":"9781934137642","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e6b2deb0-c275-48eb-a9cd-d0580abe1994.jpg?v=1627359375","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/love-among-the-particles-other-stories-9781934137642","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}