{"product_id":"an-oral-history-of-atlantis-ed-park-9780812998993","title":"An Oral History of Atlantis: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eA deadpan, wildly imaginative collection of stories that slices clean through the mundanity and absurdity of modern life, from the author of the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize-winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist \u003ci\u003eSame Bed Different Dreams \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \"Machine City,\" a college student's role in a friend's movie causes lines to blur between his character and his true self. In \"Slide to Unlock,\" a man comes to terms with his life, via the passwords he struggles to remember in a moment of extremis. And in \"Weird Menace,\" a director and faded movie\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003estar discuss science fiction, memory, and lost loves on a commentary track for a film from the '80s that neither seems to remember all that well. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Ed Park's utterly original collection, \u003ci\u003eAn Oral History of Atlantis, \u003c\/i\u003echaracters question the fleetingness of youth and art, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ereckon with the consequences of the everyday, and find solace in the absurd, the beautiful, and the sublime. Throughout, Park deploys his trademark wit to create a world both strikingly recognizable and delightfully other. All together, these fifteen stories have much to say about the meaning--and transitory nature--of our lives. And they are proof positive that Ed Park is one of the most insightful and imaginative writers working today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ed Park\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0812998995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812998993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/29\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.56d","brand":"Ed Park","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46401778876671,"sku":"9780812998993","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a15fe875-db82-4f12-9909-d671884a330a.jpg?v=1733888675","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/an-oral-history-of-atlantis-ed-park-9780812998993","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}