{"product_id":"life-among-the-terranauts-caitlin-horrocks-9780316316972","title":"Life Among the Terranauts","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the \"enthralling\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"beautiful\" (\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e) debut novel The Vexations comes an exciting new story collection that is \"perfect for fans of George Saunders and Karen Russell\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e), moving boldly between the real and the surreal \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice \u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing her \"marvelous\" (\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) first novel, Caitlin Horrocks returns with a much-anticipated collection of short stories. In her signature, genre-defying style, she explodes our notions of what a story can do and where it can take us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife Among the Terranauts\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates all the inventiveness that won admirers for Horrocks's first collection. In \"The Sleep,\" reprinted in \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, residents of a town in the frigid Midwest decide to hibernate through the bitter winters. In the title story, half a dozen people move into an experimental biodome for a shot at a million dollars, if they can survive two years. And in \"Sun City,\" published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003ea young woman meets her grandmother's roommate in the wake of her death and attempts to solve the mystery of whether the two women were lovers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e noted of her first collection, Horrocks is a master of \"wild yet delicately handled satire,\" a \"sprightly heartbreak\" in which she is able to \"mingle a note of tenderness in the desolation.\" With its startling range--from Norwegian trolls to Peruvian tour guides--\u003ci\u003eLife Among the Terranauts \u003c\/i\u003eonce again dazzles readers, cementing Horrocks's reputation as one of the premier young writers of our time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Caitlin Horrocks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0316316970\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316316972\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Brown and Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/12\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.00w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2020 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/23\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/12\/2021","brand":"Caitlin Horrocks","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44050800541951,"sku":"9780316316972","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2ba383d8-2a9a-4dba-9fdf-d4a535d0e755.jpg?v=1685009322","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/life-among-the-terranauts-caitlin-horrocks-9780316316972","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}