{"product_id":"reward-system-stories-9781250872890","title":"Reward System: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eReward System\u003c\/i\u003e is an exhilarating and beautiful book by an extraordinarily gifted writer. Reading these stories, I found myself thinking newly and differently about contemporary life.\" --Sally Rooney, author of \u003ci\u003eBeautiful World, Where Are You\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJulia has landed a fresh start--at a \"pan-European\" restaurant.\u003cbr\u003e\"Imagine that,\" says her mother.\u003cbr\u003e\"I'm imagining.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNick is flirting with sobriety and nobody else. Did you know that adults his age are now more likely to live with their parents than with a romantic partner? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLife should have started to take shape by now--but instead we're trying on new versions of ourselves, swiping left and right, searching for a convincing answer to that question \"What do \u003ci\u003eyou\u003c\/i\u003e do?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJem Calder's \u003ci\u003eReward System\u003c\/i\u003e is a set of ultracontemporary and electrifyingly fresh fictions about work, relationships, and the strange loop of technology and the self. They are about a generation on the cusp: the story of two people enmeshed in Zooms and lockdowns, loneliness and love, devices and desires. Hyperaware but also deeply confused about who they are, Julia and Nick reveal the way we live now in a startling new light.\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 07\/18\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250872890\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d","brand":"Jem Calder","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42875174486197,"sku":"9781250872890","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_80dd968a-3b65-4eb0-91dd-cb4680ca851c.jpg?v=1684813939","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/reward-system-stories-9781250872890","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}