{"product_id":"present-tense-machine-9781250862983","title":"Present Tense Machine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An ingenious pocket universe.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Caitlin Horrocks, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Gunnhild  yehaug is a magician of the highest rank.\" --Catherine Lacey\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn an ordinary day in Bergen, Norway, in the late 1990s, Anna is reading in the garden while her two-year-old daughter, Laura, plays on her tricycle. Then, in one startling moment, Anna misreads a word, an alternate universe opens up, and Laura disappears. Twenty years or so later, life has gone on as if nothing happened. In each of the women's lives, however, something is not quite right. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoth Anna and Laura continue to exist, but they are invisible to each other and forgotten in each other's worlds. Both are writers and amateur pianists. Both are married; Anna had two more children after Laura disappeared, and Laura is expecting a child of her own. They worry about their families, their jobs, the climate--and whether this reality is all there is. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the exquisite, wistful, slyly profound \u003ci\u003ePresent Tense Machine\u003c\/i\u003e, Gunnhild  yehaug delivers another dazzling renovation of what fiction can do, a testament to the fact that language shapes the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/10\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250862983\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 5.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Gunnhild \u0026#216;yehaug","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42506216997045,"sku":"9781250862983","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_61085cf7-fe17-4f69-87ec-b9f11e03cf4c.jpg?v=1668526857","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/present-tense-machine-9781250862983","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}