{"product_id":"the-abyss-of-human-illusion-9781566892339","title":"The Abyss of Human Illusion","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe final novel from the postmodern American master.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTitled after a line from Henry James, \u003ci\u003eThe Abyss of Human Illusion\u003c\/i\u003e consists of fifty narrative set pieces full of savage humor and cathartic passion--an elegiac paean to the bleak world Gilbert Sorrentino so brilliantly captured in his long and storied career. Mirroring the inexplicable coincidences, encounters, and hallmarks of modern life, this novel revisits familiar characters--the aging artists, miserable couples, crackerjack salesmen, and drunken soldiers of previous books, placing them in familiar landscapes lost in time between the Depression era and some fraudulent bohemia of the present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coffee House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781566892339\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/28\/2010 pg. 7\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/07\/2010 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly Annex\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gilbert Sorrentino","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52146991038645,"sku":"9781566892339","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_4fdcc7bb-0035-484a-98a8-9979e0468373.jpg?v=1767678358","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-abyss-of-human-illusion-9781566892339","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}