{"product_id":"the-wonders-of-the-invisible-david-gates-9780679756446","title":"The Wonders of the Invisible World","description":"The 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. \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Gates\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0679756442\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679756446\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.03h x 5.25w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/30\/2000 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/11\/2000 pg. 75","brand":"David Gates","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46962028347647,"sku":"9780679756446","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_14f99fde-d6c1-4205-8303-5c200bb7d00f.jpg?v=1750649098","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-wonders-of-the-invisible-david-gates-9780679756446","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}