{"product_id":"multiple-choice-9780143109198","title":"Multiple Choice","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \"brilliant, innovative, beautiful\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e) book from the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eChilean Poet\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Dazzling . . . a work of parody, but also of poetry.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR, \u003ci\u003eTHE GUARDIAN, \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eTHE IRISH TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Latin America's new literary star\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e), Alejandro Zambra is celebrated around the world for his strikingly original, slyly funny, daringly unconventional fiction. Now, at the height of his powers, Zambra returns with his most audaciously brilliant book yet. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten in the form of a standardized test, \u003ci\u003eMultiple Choice\u003c\/i\u003e invites the reader to respond to virtuoso language exercises and short narrative passages through multiple-choice questions that are thought-provoking, usually unanswerable, and often absurd. It offers a new kind of reading experience, one in which the reader participates directly in the creation of meaning, and the nature of storytelling itself is called into question. At once funny, poignant, and political, \u003ci\u003eMultiple Choice\u003c\/i\u003e is about love and family, authoritarianism and its legacies, and the conviction that, rather than learning to think for ourselves, we are trained to obey and repeat. Serious in its literary ambition and playful in its execution, it\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003econfirms Alejandro Zambra as one of the most important writers working in any language. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE SUMMER BY \u003ci\u003eTHE WALL STREET JOURNAL\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e ELLE\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eTHE HUFFINGTON POST, THE MILLIONS, VOX, LIT HUB, THE BBC, \u003ci\u003eTHE GUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e AND PUREWOW\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/19\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143109198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.30h x 5.30w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2016 pg. 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/16\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2016 pg. 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/26\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Alejandro Zambra","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42935331750069,"sku":"9780143109198","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a16a92d1-30d0-4573-8a78-2d080a3b5187.jpg?v=1688487690","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/multiple-choice-9780143109198","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}