{"product_id":"the-wonders-of-the-invisible-world-paperback-7","title":"The Wonders of the Invisible World - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Gates\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author of the highly acclaimed novels \u003cb\u003eJernigan\u003c\/b\u003e (Pulitzer Prize Finalist) and \u003cb\u003ePreston Falls\u003c\/b\u003e (National Book Critics Cirlce Award Finalist) offers up a mordantly funny collection of short stories about the faulty bargains we make with ourselves to continure the high-wire act of living meaningful lives in late twentieth-century America. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePopulated by highly educated men and women in combat with one another, with substance abuse, and above all with their own relentless self-awareness, the stories in \u003cb\u003eThe Wonders of the Invisible World\u003c\/b\u003e take place in and around New York City, and put urbanism into uneasy conflict with a fleeting dream of rural happiness. Written with style and ferocious black humor, they confirm David Gates as one of the best-and funniest-writers of our time.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author of the highly acclaimed novels Jernigan (Pulitzer Prize Finalist) and Preston Falls (National Book Critics Cirlce Award Finalist) offers up a mordantly funny collection of short stories about the faulty bargains we make with ourselves to continure the high-wire act of living meaningful lives in late twentieth-century America. \u003cbr\u003ePopulated by highly educated men and women in combat with one another, with substance abuse, and above all with their own relentless self-awareness, the stories in The Wonders of the Invisible World take place in and around New York City, and put urbanism into uneasy conflict with a fleeting dream of rural happiness. Written with style and ferocious black humor, they confirm David Gates as one of the best-and funniest-writers of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Gates lives in New York City and in Granville, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 8.03 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 04, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47495457407197,"sku":"9780679756446","price":19.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/B0OV6dLENZ9780679756446.webp?v=1771972401","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-wonders-of-the-invisible-world-paperback-7","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}