{"product_id":"kinda-sorta-american-dream-steve-karas-9780996717502","title":"Kinda Sorta American Dream: Collected Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Steve Karas' debut collection, an unemployed autoworker finds himself at an elite seminar for aspiring Santa Clauses; an IT specialist eagerly awaits the Mayan apocalypse in his parents' basement as his father descends into dementia. Through fourteen curiously ambivalent studies, Karas methodically examines and reconfigures the core archetypes--dot-com entrepreneurs, hard-striving immigrants, obsessive diner owners--that haunt and dominate the American psyche. Their narratives, set against a dizzying panorama that stretches from the ruins of post-2008 Detroit to the desperate paradise of suburban Florida, evoke the familiar American mythology of army bases, Manhattan high-rises, and Midwestern video stores. Yet Karas' masterful, minimalist portraits are ambiguous and tinged with uncertainty. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe winners, losers and hopeless visionaries who populate \u003cem\u003eKinda Sorta American Dream\u003c\/em\u003e are united in their relentless quest to induce massive disruption in their lives--and their profound doubts about whether such radical change is possible. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steve Karas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0996717501\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780996717502\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tailwinds Press Enterprises LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/10\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 5.00w x 0.55d","brand":"Steve Karas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48241166418175,"sku":"9780996717502","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_84c2a482-05a0-4d45-80ae-d9cc0416a508.jpg?v=1772653074","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/kinda-sorta-american-dream-steve-karas-9780996717502","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}